‘He’s Gone Above and Beyond’: Man Claiming To Be a Navy SEAL Exposed as a Fraud After Seemingly Fooling CNN
- Posted on May 6, 2012 at 7:08pm by
Erica Ritz
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Claiming to be “one of the most skilled snipers of his era,” Brian Leonard Creekmur has everything you would expect of a retired Navy SEAL. Memorabilia and old uniforms decorate his home, and he even possesses what seem to be the photos and military discharge papers to prove his claim.
Creekmur even managed to fool CNN‘s Soledad O’Brien, it seems, after he tweeted about the all death he witnessed in combat and she re-tweeted to her 140,000+ followers. More significantly, The Daily Mail reports that Creekmur was regularly in contact with the network to offer his so-called expertise on various news stories.
But after a month-long investigation by News Channel 3, following a tip by a suspicious woman Creekmur was courting on the internet, the man has been outed as a giant fraud.
News Channel 3 explains:
Creekmur’s tall tales of Navy SEAL service unraveled when he was wooing a woman through the Internet. He was telling her he loved her and sending her real estate listings for houses they could share. But when she couldn’t verify any of his stories, she started searching the Internet for information on fake SEALs.
A guy can get away with that for a long time. But eventually he will trip up. He`ll say something to the wrong person, male or female, just doesn`t make sense, and hell hath no fury. He said it to the wrong woman…
Creekmur was so confident in his alter-ego that he even signed many of his emails: “Brian Creekmur, United States Navy SEAL Sniper, retired.”
(Related: Meet the Men Who Expose Fake Navy SEALS)
But why is he doing all of this? The woman who helped expose Creekmur speculates it is either to gain the trust of women, people with money, or both.
“This is why the story that you are doing is so important. While some of this is amusing at the lengths some clown will go, you are saving a lot of people a lot of trouble.”
“He’s gone above and beyond. He’s a very strange guy,” the woman remarked.
“This is why the story that you are doing is so important. While some of this is amusing at the lengths some clown will go, you are saving a lot of people a lot of trouble.”




















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dealer@678
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 8:14pmSoledad Obrien has become the laughing stock of cable news. She has no credibility
Report Post »dealer@678
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 8:19pmReplace her with Shamu Green
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 9:09pmParis Hilton!
Report Post »Cemoto78
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 9:49pmAnd it just keeps getting worse for her and the Commie News Network.
Report Post »db321
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 11:15pmI wish we could go to a data base and find out if any of the Reporters on CNN are real! My guess many are imposters! No reporting going on at CNN – just Obama back rubbing!
Report Post »cuinsong
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 11:28pmHe could be part of NObama’s re-election team? Man what a good liar!
Report Post »MEANS2RESIST
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 11:51pmDon over @ Extreme SEAL Experience is already all over this clown….he will more than likely be publicly humiliated from within the SEAL ranks itself and you may just see a youtube vid about this poser further exposing his fraud. My boys there don’t take this fake SEAL sh*t lightly. They will drive this idiot into a cave!
Report Post »FormerLib
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 12:02am“”Creekmur even managed to fool CNN‘s Soledad O’Brien,”"
Big whoop. That’s an everyday occurrence at CNN.
Report Post »manjodad
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 8:30am“”Creekmur even managed to fool CNN‘s Soledad O’Brien,”” What, like that is rocket science. It seems everyday that someone is fooling Soledad, Do you think that makes her the tool of a fool?
Report Post »landman1
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 9:26amYou mean he even fooled Soledad????? Can I show you my “shock face”?????
Report Post »turkey13
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 9:52amCNN runs with anything! Someone could call in and say that termites had destroyed the White House and it had to be bulldozed and they would run it.
Report Post »ace772
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 10:46amIf anyone question him, they most be A racist . Kind of like question obama`s B.C.
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 10:50amPoor little Soledad….
Report Post »G-WHIZ
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 11:19amA perfect job for a “retired”…Uncle-Joe Bieden…could be their best Gaff-Master, yet!! {:-)
Report Post »mcsledge
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 12:26pmWell put.
Report Post »PCsince1776
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 1:04pmSpongebob Squarepants
Report Post »bad karma
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 2:30pmI think his case qualifies for prosecution under the 2006 Stolen Valor Act.
Report Post »candymanal
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 2:54pmBut ….. you gotta remember, According to O-Bummer, FoxNews, is the illegitimate news source.
Report Post »CNN,(Colored News Network) ABC, (All Bull Crap) and CBS (See? B.S.) are the only legitimate news networks.
Take Note, the AP (Al-Queda Propoganda) isn’t far behind.
Well, I gotta go now. I’m petitioning the government, for some bail out money.
I p***ed it all away last night drinking, and now I’m broke.
Hey, why not? They been funding losers for years anyway. Right?
MONICNE
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 2:54pmWell, well this is a disgusting impersonator. I wonder if he was also an Aussie Aborigine passing himself off as an American political expert.
TEA
Report Post »ChiefGeorge
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 4:45pmShe wanted to believe him because he fit the narrative of a heroic and successful Black male. Oh my!
Report Post »Nearcon
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 5:03pmAt least he hasn’t claimed to be a Native American yet unlike some Democrats. Still doesn’t make him less of a looser.
Report Post »devildogger
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 6:02pmJust curious, but does anybody watch her show?
Report Post »gsp9993
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 6:06pmSole bad.
Lazy ass and hateful reporter
poor excuse for quality.
Should be reading news in arkansas
Report Post »c0mm0nsense
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 6:50pmAt least he did not clain to be a Conservative and then vote for the
Report Post »Patriot Act
NDAA
Raising of the Debt Ceiling
Unbalanced Budgets
CISPA
TSA
The-Monk
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 7:03pmSoledad? Isn’t that the part I just replaced on my car starter?
Report Post »cmi
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 8:22pmMaybe Seal team six members should do a little “training exercise” on this guy,……if you know what I mean! What a dirt-bag!!!
Report Post »ginger ghent
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 9:07pmShoot, they didn’t vet obama so why is this any surprise?
Report Post »jhaydeng
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 9:09pmyuck!
Report Post »CafeConservative
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 12:31amHe was probably outed by liberal operatives. They needed to get him exposed before Obama started taking credit for his “brave” acts like he did for Seal Team 6.
CafeConservative
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blondenblueeyed
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 2:56pmPerhaps Soledad will have same exit and Dan Blather after his Bush boondogle.
Report Post »mellissner
Posted on May 9, 2012 at 9:14amI thought Soledad O’Brian incompetent, loopy, and a sensationalist rce baiting media person long before this revelation. The best thing about CNN is that it is better than MSNBC, and trying to emulate Fox news in their responsibility to we the people.
Report Post »bisbad1955
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 8:13pmWow, he was able to fool Soledad O’brien at CNN. I’m sure that was about as difficult as fooling your 3 year old into beleiving there is a tooth fairy.
Report Post »Alan
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 8:27pmThere’s … (sniff) … no truth fairy? … (sniffle)
Report Post »Parnell3rd
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 9:18pmSorry Alan!
Report Post »MrButcher
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 9:38pm(clears throat)
Or fooling your children that there is a god???
Sorry had to do it.
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no offense intended.
RepubliCorp
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 1:43amObama fooled half the country…… and most of the media
Report Post »Athinkerinaseaoflibs
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 7:01amI thought that BHO was the tooth fairy. He gives away money for useless items, Never had a real job in his life so the money he gives away must be someones elses. Yep BHO must be it. So Alan, there is a tooth fairy.
Report Post »Bill Rowland
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 8:00amFooling CNN reporters(?) has become a game for a lot of people. The naive twerps who make up their staff don’t have the sense to check out their so called “expert sources”. It takes a woman who this A-Hole is trying to impress to out him to the world.
Don’t these people know that the world is filled with want-to-be’s?
They should place this guy in a cage with a real Seal and let the Seal take care of business.
I wonder how many other experts haven’t been vetted by CNN and MSNBC, The didn’t vet Sweet Old Barack, just let him go on what he said. I’m still waiting for a real reporter to out Sweet Old Baracks college transcripts; what was the lie on his BAR application that caused him to surrender his law license?; Why won’t the state of Hawaii let anyone see the microfilm of his original birth certificate. These are just a few of the questions I would like to see answered. The MSM is great at digging into the background of other politicians, why is Sweet Old Barack off limits?
We need a reporter and news network with a set of Cajones to get some answers.
OMG 2012
Report Post »cheterbob
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 8:34amNo MrButcher you didn’t have to say it. You just wanted to be a ***** but hey ya‘ll are a dime a dozen I couldn’t expect less.
Report Post »Leader1776
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 11:17am@MRBUTCHER
Report Post »You’re WRONG. I see him on TV with his teleprompters almost everyday. God does live.
jillskokie
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 6:26pmSoledud is fooled by margarine
Report Post »JQCitizen
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 8:13pmWOW! He fooled Soledad O’Brian????? WOW!!!
That’s an ACHIEVEMENT????
LOL!!!
Report Post »PA PATRIOT
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 9:18pmyou mean the Solidad, I cannot here anything but Obama. brainwashed meaningless brain full of mush?
Report Post »barber2
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 8:09pmHe would seem to have all of the talent, bravado, and ability to lie convincingly to fit right into our 99% BS Democrats ! Wonder if Biden would be “ totally comfortable ” with him on board ?
Report Post »bdandsl
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 8:05pmIf obama had another son…
Report Post »dealer@678
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 8:17pmOR he would have made him up
Report Post »barber2
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 9:15pmDEALER: yes. the lines between fact and fiction are a tad hazy both with the ” 99% ” BS Democrats and the Campaigner-in-Chief . His autobiography …he ( and possibly a ghost writer – we’ll never know – will be hidden like his school records ) wrote….we do now know about the “composite” girl friend….fact or fiction ? Smoke and Mirrors ….Mr. Media Man…Mr. Teleprompter ..one wonders who is the script writer !
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 6:40amHe created a composit personality.
Report Post »neocon1
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 8:00pmanother fake but true story?
Report Post »I SPY
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 7:50pmHe‘ll be invited to Nobama’s next dinner party. The faker, the better.
Report Post »neocon1
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 7:49pmwhat he did is a CRIME, he should be arrested and prosecuted.
Report Post »Ironbalut
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 10:42pmYou are right. I believe that it is probably a felony to falsify a DD214. Plus, it is also very close to identity theft.
Report Post »HorseCrazy
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 10:57pmyes it is a crime and this liar needs to be taught a lesson.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 2:03amHolder will protect his people……..If only Rich White Boys would pay their share none of this would have happen.
Report Post »Arc
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 3:46amStolen Valor??
Report Post »pavnvet
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 11:00amThere is a stolen valor law on the books. However, it is currently being challenged through the courts and has seen very little enforcement before that. There is an easy way to check this. In fact, The Blaze had an article last May.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/meet-the-men-who-expose-fake-navy-seals/
The only way someone could be charged now, is if they either received benefits or attempted to receive benefits through the Veterans Administration. However, I know of no case where benefits were applied for by someone, denied because of fraudulent service and then prosecuted for it. The VA has prosecuted posers that have actually received benefits they were not entitled to.
How much does this all mean? Well, the creep that ran for Senator in CT, Blumenthal still won after admitting he never served in Vietnam. To active service and veterans, there is no lower form of life in the country as these frauds.
Report Post »DanielChapterNine
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 7:49pmInteresting how the amateur figured it out without too much problem, yet the “professionals” with all the tools at their disposal missed – badly.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 8:12pmWell no “professionals ” have uncovered those hidden Soetoro/ Obama school records .
Report Post »Cemoto78
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 9:48pmAll he had to tell them was he loved Obama and hated the GOP, CNN jumped right at it to complete their fair coverage.
Report Post »doomytram
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 7:43pmLook! Let me be clear! Liberals can lie on a resume, under oath, or to a judge. It’s not a against the law to lie, if your a liberal. Leftist’s will sue for the right to lie and take it to the supreme court, and win. They will claim racism and that something caused them to lie and that something is most likely the white man.
Report Post »Mark0331
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 7:50pmMoral Relativism….the evil ‘arrow’ in the liberals ‘quiver’.
Report Post »justangry
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 7:42pmThey caught the admiral in charge of us wearing honors he didn’t earn legitimately. He ended up killing himself. Vice Admiral Boorda was his name… good ridance.
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 7:52pmI Remember that JUST.
Report Post »thorntonnorth
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 8:04pmAdmiral Boorda recieved the Bronze Star with valour for actions during a destroyer bombardment in Vietnam. He was hounded to his death by the news media and democrats. He shot himself in the chest, through the heart. He was a brave sailor and deservede better. Starting as as enlisted man he progressed to Admiral. A gunners mate in a 5 inch turret using WW 2 amunition is dangerous and hot work. He deserved the honor bestowed. Only the lowest kind of man could call him a coward. You are a coward. The apology to him from the media and those political thugs came over 6 months after his death.
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 8:19pmTHORNTON. Can you give us the skinney on John Kerry while you’re at it?
Report Post »justangry
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 8:27pmChill out man, I never heard he was cleared. I know he lied to us. I’ll look into it. If he was smeared I’ll appologize for my comment.
Report Post »therealconservative
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 8:27pm@Thorn
“Only the lowest kind of man could call him a coward.”
He admitted it in his suicide notes.
Report Post »justangry
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 8:30pm“In 1998, one of Boorda’s sons requested a review of his service record. The Board for Correction of Naval Records, the ultimate arbiter of whether or not Boorda was entitled to wear the Combat “V” on both medals, determined that he was not.”
Report Post »recoveringneocon
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 7:40pmSpeaking of Navy Seals, what ever happen to that Chris Kyle? The Navy Seal who claimed to punch out Ventura. He just disappeared. Wonder how the book sales are going?
Report Post »what the
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 4:00pmThe book has spent several weeks in the top 10 on the NYT best-seller list, and is still in the top 20 I believe.
Report Post »momrules
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 7:38pmI admire and respect the members, past and present, of our military and I despise people like this man who STEALS the very honor he wants so badly but can never have.
He is a liar, a fraud, a swindler and a con artist.
CNN….Soledad O’Brien……you are lazy, liars, fraudulent and inept. You should be driven off the air. You can not be trusted. Ever.
Report Post »COREZONE
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 7:36pmLiars, cheaters, stealers equals Liberals
Report Post »cookcountypatriot
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 7:34pmsoledad obrian should be fired for being such a loser and a fraud for not doing her job and vetting this creep…but he,s black so im sure soledad believed every word he said…progressive slaves like obrian are like that doncha know.
Report Post »Want our country back
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 7:34pmLOL.. I love it when these elitist so-called journalists get sucked in by phonies… kinda like getting sucked in by obama. When I first heard that obama won the presidency, I immediately said, they put the fox in the hen house…. I wish I had been wrong,
GOP2012
Report Post »JP4JOY
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 7:32pmMake him participate in 1 week of training, no excuses, no reprieve. Bet he STFU
Report Post »DaneChile
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 11:10pmAs big as he is, he would not make the first hour.
Report Post »IDONTTHINKSO
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 7:30pmThis type of impersonation, should be prosecuted!
Report Post »Al J Zira
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 8:43pmIf I remember right there was a guy in California who was wearing a uniform claiming to be active service. It came out he was lying but the courts ruled it was his constitutional right to free speech. Go figure, it’s California.
Report Post »speeddiva
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 10:36pmYes it should be prosecuted. As a Felony. 5 years minimum in prison, $100,000 fine, payable to a Non-Governmental Veterans group.
Report Post »Razlord
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 10:23amacrually , is a felony…just need enforcement.
Report Post »BumperMorgan
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 10:26amNever happen. Guess Why?
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 7:25pmObama’s… virtual Son!
Report Post »chips1
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 7:24pmHe has probably never eaten “C” rations. He is a SKITTLES type guy.
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 7:37pmHe doesn’t look like K-Rations guy either. But it seems he got “smoked” out none the less…
Report Post »therealconservative
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 7:22pmHe needs to be prosecuted under the ‘Stolen Valor Act’
Report Post »DEFCON4
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 7:36pmThe Stolen Valor Act is currently being reviewed by the U.S.Supreme Court with a ruling in late June.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 7:36pmAlong with Obama … Mr. I, I, I, I
Report Post »therealconservative
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 7:48pm@defcon
And your point is?
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 7:55pmREAL. I was always hoping that John Kerry would have been nailed…
Report Post »DEFCON4
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 7:59pm@ THE REAL, just passing on current info on the topic…
Report Post »therealconservative
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 8:11pmTIME
I know. My dad was the CO of a gunboat (Coast Guard) at the same time, thurth be known Kerry should have been Court Martialed.
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 8:28pmREAL. People are always wondering why I harp on Ron Paul so much. I‘ve wanted to see Ron Paul’s DD-214 for years? I’ve seen two pics of him with His Class-A/B uniforms on, but nowhere did I see any Service Ribbons, Unit Citations or the coveted “Flight Surgeon Badge” he supposedly filled a slot for that he and his minnions constantly talk up.
Report Post »Abraham Young
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 8:46pm@TIME
Report Post »Your credibility just took a nosedive. IF you ever had any.
TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 8:56pmIs that right honest Abe? How so…. hmmmm?
Report Post »cuzifit
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 7:21pmDoesn‘t take much to fool Soledad O’Brien or CNN! Nobama, “The Man Who Would Be King” has been doing it for 5+ years now!
Report Post »chips1
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 7:20pmWOW!!!! He is competing with Obama. “Liar, Liar” was a good movie.
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 7:20pmThe “Stolen Valor Act” of 2005 could very well apply if he has claimed to have, or has worn medals and decorations he didn’t earn on his various uniforms to impress the ladies…
Report Post »therealconservative
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 7:37pm@time
Click on the ‘News Channel 3’ link, this loser did it all.
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 7:39pmOkay REAL!!
Report Post »Mark0331
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 7:39pm‘The Stolen Valor Act of 2005, signed into law by President George W. Bush on December 20, 2006, is a U.S. law that broadens the provisions of previous U.S. law addressing the unauthorized wear, manufacture, or sale of any military decorations and medals. It makes it a federal misdemeanor to falsely represent oneself as having received any U.S. military decoration or medal. If convicted, defendants may be imprisoned for up to six months, unless the decoration lied about is the Medal of Honor, in which case imprisonment could be up to one year’….I’d say he is guilty as sin….a jail cell is waiting for this liar and con-artist.
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 7:48pmREAL. I‘d say this puke’s goose is cooked. There are many out here that will pursue this/ these frauds.
;-)
Report Post »therealconservative
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 7:57pm@time
Absolutely
Report Post »Chet Hempstead
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 8:14pmThe Stolen Valor Act was ruled unconstitutional in 2010. In general, the First Amendment protects your right to lie about yourself, you just can’t lie about other people. The Supreme Court has agreed to review that decision, but even if they overturn, it will not be possible to prosecute people who violated it prior to the decision reinstating it.
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 8:22pmCHET. Thank you for that. But there are other ways to skin a cat when it comes to “Stolen Valor.”
Report Post »therealconservative
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 8:49pmThe unconstitutional rule was upheld by the 9th Circuit Court, meaning that the ruling is only valid within the courts jurisdiction. This clown is in North Carolina.
Report Post »Sgt Lamb
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 7:14pmpack his lying butt up and drop him over assganistan…………………..
Report Post »CatB
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 7:28pmAlong with CNN who apparently doesn’t do any checks on who they deem ae “experts”.
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 9:15pmI wrote:
“It isn’t that hard to fool Soledad. She isn’t that bright”.
And it got scrubbed off the site?
Is Soldedad one of those forbidden word like the f-word or the s-word?
Come to think of it Leslie Stahl is not so bright either. She thinks consuming Ensure is torture.
Report Post »Strike that Leslie Stahl is not merely “not bright”, she is as dumb as a person can because she is an educated tool.