Rowan Scarborough reports that the fate of downed Gulf War (I) Navy pilot Scott Speicher looks grim. A classfied report–previously suggested to include some new evidence that he may be alive–calls the source for previous optimism a “born liar.”

Concludes the report, “U.S. CentCom has searched every known location associated with Speicher. Other than at Hakimiyah prison, where U.S. forces found the initials ‘MSS’ carved in a cell wall, no significant evidence of his status has been discovered.”