For you Aussies

Philes · Mar 15, 2007

Thought you guys might find this interesting!

From a Yahoo News Story

CANBERRA (Reuters) - A lorry driver who was once jailed for armed robbery posed as an army officer, mixed with the top brass and talked his way into high-level security meetings, an Australian court has been told.

Peter Bennett, 54, started his 10-month fantasy military career in September 2005 when he wore formal military dress to gain entry to an air force base dinner, where he chatted to Australia's air force chief, Air Vice-Marshal Geoffrey Shepherd.

Melbourne's Age newspaper said over the following months, Bennett joined meetings of Operation Acolyte, the defence force's security operation for last year's Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, and was issued with a defence force identity card.

"To his boot straps, he was simply a cheeky civilian with a good tailor and a foot locker brimming with confidence that enabled him to parachute behind friendly lines," the Age said on Thursday.

A court official told Reuters Bennett had pleaded guilty in a local magistrate's court to impersonating a public official and making a false declaration.

He will re-appear in court on May 16 when the magistrate will be presented with a psychological assessment, the official said.

Bennett had tried to join the army in 1971, but was rejected as medically unfit to serve.
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Not trying to get in a pissing contest between countries here, but damn, this was funny.

wobbler · Mar 15, 2007

WoW.

A man who can talk his way into a security operation should be in the force

Anonymous · Mar 15, 2007

Or he'd make an excellent Intelligence Agency operative.

Did't they even check his background?

Dark Elf · Mar 15, 2007

They were going to, but once he'd fired up the barbie and given everyone a Toohey's they kinda forgot about it.

Anonymous · Mar 15, 2007

What rank did he "had", it must have been colonel or higher?

Blinky969 · Mar 16, 2007

He drove a fucking truck, you imbecile.

Anonymous · Mar 16, 2007

Peter Bennett, 54, started his 10-month fantasy military career in September 2005 when he wore formal military dress to gain entry to an air force base dinner, where he chatted to Australia's air force chief, Air Vice-Marshal Geoffrey Shepherd.
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Yes, yes, but he chatted to the Air Vice-Marshal, then you must have some kind of rank.

Dark Elf · Mar 16, 2007

Probably something high enough for him to gain entry to the high level security meetings, but not too high to attract undue attention.

That, or he simply had the biggest bowie knife.

Anonymous · Mar 16, 2007

Like e.g Captain?

Yeah, like Paul Hogan.

Telcontar · Mar 16, 2007

Honestly guys do not be suprised if it was Vorak......

Dark Elf · Mar 16, 2007

I thought Vorak was around my age, not 54.

Then again, if he could lie to the Kangaroo-riding dragoons of the Aussie Army, then he could certainly lie to us. Or he's using the 54 year old truck driver as a double.

Telcontar · Mar 16, 2007

When we teach our kangaroos to tread water whilst carrying us and kilos worth of gear DE, you're dead.

Dark Elf · Mar 16, 2007

Except you'll soon have no kangaroos to teach. The drought is taking care of that.

Telcontar · Mar 16, 2007

They're moving in closer and closer to larger cities now and even attacking people and their pets. My god what an army they would make......

Anonymous · Mar 16, 2007

Aren't the kangaroos under a law that says that they cannot be harmed?

Telcontar · Mar 16, 2007

Yeah they are protected and the ass sucking Greens try and sue you everytime you try and harm one. But out of every hunted animal here in Aus they and rabbits are the most prodominant hunted. And especially fun when you wound one which stands over 7 foot tall and you have to kill it with a branch from a tree.

Woo-otherfucking whoo- 2000 posts!

Blinky969 · Mar 17, 2007

Yes Bree, he must have had a rank:

Bennett had tried to join the army in 1971, but was rejected as medically unfit to serve.
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SirGarrickStout · Mar 17, 2007

Persuasion master, anyone?

Vorak · Mar 17, 2007

Telcontar said:

Yeah they are protected and the ass sucking Greens try and sue you everytime you try and harm one. But out of every hunted animal here in Aus they and rabbits are the most prodominant hunted. And especially fun when you wound one which stands over 7 foot tall and you have to kill it with a branch from a tree.

Woo-otherfucking whoo- 2000 posts!
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The problem with foreigners is they don't realise that a kangaroo is perfectly capable of destroying your car and then surviving the bullet wound to the chest you give it in retaliation. Those things are seriously dangerous.

And no, it wasn't me but I have talked to a few people that were at some of the the functions he went to.

Grossenschwamm · Mar 17, 2007

Kangaroos are vicious. I went to a zoo in Kansas where they used to keep them, but stopped because of the zookeeper mortality rate in keeping aggressive marsupials.

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