Alexis Debat, who stands accused of faking dozens of interviews and news stories, is the same guy who was quoted as a “security expert” in this explosive article in The Sunday Times just a few weeks ago:

THE Pentagon has drawn up plans for massive airstrikes against 1,200 targets in Iran, designed to annihilate the Iranians’ military capability in three days, according to a national security expert. Alexis Debat, director of terrorism and national security at the Nixon Center, said last week that US military planners were not preparing for “pinprick strikes” against Iran’s nuclear facilities. “They’re about taking out the entire Iranian military,” he said. Debat was speaking at a meeting organised by The National Interest, a conservative foreign policy journal. He told The Sunday Times that the US military had concluded: “Whether you go for pinprick strikes or all-out military action, the reaction from the Iranians will be the same.” It was, he added, a “very legitimate strategic calculus”.

This article was linked on Drudge and prompted a big-time lefty freakout. At the time, I was highly skeptical that this guy would be in any position to know what U.S. military was planning to do about Iran. That was before learning about his serial fabrications. At this point it’s hard to believe any story based on this guy’s word.