Scott Beauchamp | The New York Observer

TNR Diarist Scott Beauchamp's Army Unit Back in the News

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:56:25 -0400

The four soldiers being charged with of conspiring to murder Iraqi prisoners in Baghdad last spring are in the same company as The New Republic's former man in Iraq, Scott Beauchamp, Media Mob has learned.

Mr. Beauchamp wrote several pieces for TNR under the name Scott Thomas last summer in which he described in harrowing detail what it was like to be a soldier in Baghdad. His pieces included several gruesome scenes—one in...

A TNR Editor's Covert Conversation With Scott Beauchamp

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 13:20:19 -0500

As The Observer wrote yesterday, one of the main reasons New Republic editor Franklin Foer decided to end the magazine's effort to verify Scott Beauchamp's "Baghdad Diarist" columns and issue a retraction was Mr. Foer's belief that Mr. Beauchamp—who was stationed in Iraq until last month—was not fully cooperating with TNR's investigation, and sometimes appeared uninterested in defending himself.

In a phone interview with The Observer Friday, Mr. Beauchamp's...

TNR: Beauchamp Did Not Recant His Story, Investigation Ongoing (UPDATE)

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 12:41:09 -0400

The editors of The New Republic have posted a statement saying that Scott Beauchamp, the U.S. Army private whose unsigned TNR dispatches from Iraq came under scrutiny this summer, did not admit to fabricating any parts of his stories--contrary to an article posted on The Drudge Report Wednesday.

The Drudge Report posted several documents pertaining to the Army's investigation into the Beauchamp affair, including a transcript of telephone conversation from Sept. 6 in which Mr....

TNR's Foer: Drudge's Documents Could Have Come Only From the Army (UPDATE)

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:05:40 -0400

Franklin Foer, editor of The New Republic, said in an interview that the documents Matt Drudge posted this afternoon—and removed several hours later without explanation—could have only come from the Army.

Mr. Foer said he called TNR’s contact there, Major Kirk Luedeke, as soon as the documents appeared on Drudge’s Web site. According to Mr. Foer, Major Luedeke told him that the Army was “investigating the source of the leak,” though they did not...