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Article: EXPOSING NAVY SEAL FAKES. PRETENDERS TO GLORY ACCORDING TO WATCHDOG GROUP, HAMPTON ROADS IS HOME TO 47 MEN WITH DUBIOUS TIES TO ELITE SPECIAL FORCES UNITS.(FRONT)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- December 9, 2001
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Byline: BILL BURKE THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Robert Anthony Nolan used charm and a distinguished military resume to woo a succession of wives and girlfriends, recruit investors for his Virginia Beach import-export business and impress Republican officials and the former skipper of the carrier America.
He regaled some with tales of missions he conducted as a Navy SEAL, of clandestine operations in Central America. Nolan even persuaded one investor to pony up $30,000 when he told her about his covert activities, then presented her with papers that showed he had been honorably discharged.
But it was all a lie, according to federal authorities and ...