Hey guys, I am forwarding you several
e-mails Michael Yon sent to me. I think you know who he is (I know Neal and I have
discussed him as he has been a big supporter of us in the Wuterich case).
Michael Yon is a former Green Beret, native of Winter
Haven, Fl. who has been reporting from Iraq
and Afghanistan
since December 2004. No other reporter has spent as much time with combat
troops in these two wars. Michael’s dispatches from the frontlines
have earned him the reputation as the premier independent combat journalist of
his generation. His work has been featured on “Good Morning
America,” The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, CNN, ABC, FOX, as
well as hundreds of other major media outlets all around the world.
He is interested in pursuing a defamation
case, which are usually handled on contingency. Let me know if this is
something you are interested in handling or even working together on.
Mark
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From: Michael Yon
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Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2011
12:41 PM
To: mark
Subject: Re: Lawsuit
Mark,
Thank you for getting back to me.
One of the most popular milbloggers is a guy named Jim Hansen, aka "Uncle
Jimbo" at the Blackfive website. He hits a national audience at
times on radio and television.
Some months back, he said on the G. Gordon Liddy show that I was:
1) Disembedded from US forces for OPSEC violations (untrue)
2) Disembedded from UK
forces for OPSEC violations (untrue)
3) Disembedded from Canadian forces for OPSEC violations (untrue; I'd never
even embedded with Canadian forces.)
This was damaging to me.
He's retired military as an E-8, so probably does not have big dollars.
He does (or should) have steady income from military pension. He's about
46-years-old and full of venom.
He's been very deceptive with his audience, playing as if he has huge amounts
of Special Forces experience. Plays like an expert on Iraq and Afghanistan, but has never stepped
foot in either country. Completely deceptive. And so when he turned
his venom to me, he continued being deceptive and stepped far over the line.
To wit: http://www.blackfive.net/main/2011/01/behind-the-uncle-jimbo-in-combat-series.html#comment-6a00d8341bfadb53ef0148c7e2cde6970c
What do you think?
Michael
On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 12:29 PM, Mark S. Zaid <mark@markzaid.com> wrote:
Who and where?
------Original
Message------
From: Michael Yon
To: Office
Sent: Jan 22, 2011 9:34 AM
Subject: Lawsuit
Mark,
Am very interested in suing someone for defamation. All is
demonstrable. However, don't think I need a super-charged attorney like
you (with supercharged prices); can you recommend someone who you think can do
the job?
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Very Respectfully,
Michael Yon
Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
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Very Respectfully,
Michael Yon