Tuesday’s NY Times has a brief article on The New Republic/”Scott Thomas” affair. This answer of TNR editor, Franklin Foer, stood out:

The magazine granted anonymity to the writer to keep him from being punished by his military superiors and to allow him to write candidly, Mr. Foer said. He said that he had met the writer and that he knows with “near certainty” that he is, in fact, a soldier.

You mean there’s a slim chance this guy isn’t even a soldier?