The Ballad of a lying head case.(Jimmy Massey)

Jimmy Massey is the kind of soldier media folk often search out. The discharged Marine is a leader of "Iraq Veterans Against the War." He has been a star of Cindy Sheehan's anti-war tour and left-wing blogs and radio programs. His book Kill, Kill, Kill was published in France, and is being adapted for film. Peggy Seeger is selling a CD of her original song, "The Ballad of Jimmy Massey." He's been invited to speak to students at universities like Cornell and Syracuse, and now travels the world giving speeches describing atrocities he says were committed by U.S. soldiers in Iraq.

Massey claims he and members of his unit intentionally killed more than 30 unarmed civilians in Iraq, including women and small children, and that he was just one of many Marines carrying out such attacks. Massey also admits to mental problems--for which he was discharged from the service--and to taking a host of medications to handle them. But that hasn't stopped reporters for the Associated Press, USA Today, the National Catholic Reporter, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Vanity Fair, and many other media ...