RE: Atrocities in Iraq

After I talked to the top commander, I was kind of scurried away. I was basically put on house arrest. I didn't talk to other troops. I didn't want to hurt them. I didn't want to jeopardize them.

But in articles earlier this year -- such as this one -- he has a completely different story. In the earlier version, he goes to the commander and tells him that he is suffering from depression. The commander then refers him to a Navy psychiatrist whom is a three hour drive away. The shrink diagnosed him with depression and post-traumatic stress which led him being shipped back to California a few days later where he eventually received a medical discharge. Massey even says, "I can’t blame the military for sending me home."

So in Feb. his story is he goes to the commander, complains he's depresses, sees a shrink who diagnoses him with depress/post-stress trauma, and then he gets shipped back to the U.S. for treatment and medical discharge.

But by May the new version is is that he goes to the commander to tell him that U.S. troops are committing genocide and the commander then places him under what is essentially house arrest.

Massey seems to have a history of such exaggeration. For example, in this article he's quoted as claiming that he was given specific order to murder children. But the alleged orders appear to be an exaggeration of a macabre song sung by Marines for almost 4 decades.