An old "nemesis" of SOCNET passes...
Not just HIV, but full blown AIDS.
Favorite parts:
"At one point he said he couldn't have AIDS because he has super blood"
"He would often go on round the clock vodka and cocaine fueled binges while playing Arab music, the soundtrack of 'Apocalypse Now', or Louis Armstrong's 'What a Wonderful World' non-stop."
AHAHAHA
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Favorite parts:
"At one point he said he couldn't have AIDS because he has super blood"
"He would often go on round the clock vodka and cocaine fueled binges while playing Arab music, the soundtrack of 'Apocalypse Now', or Louis Armstrong's 'What a Wonderful World' non-stop."
AHAHAHA
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| He goes to most notorious prison in Afghanistan, for kidnap and torture of Afghan people. He is 'given' large 'suite', nice carpets, internet access, telephone access. He dies years later of AIDS |
Deluxe cell or not, "Man Love Thursdays" probably included him as the pivot man for the entire local NDS detachment.
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| Originally Posted by Typhoon  Also I had forgotten until someone pointed out on another venue that all the wire service stories have identified Idema as SF, when he was a parachute rigger and never went through the Q course. |
Mr. Idema went through and graduated from the Q-Course in 1975. He was an "SF Baby" (came off the street to an SF assignment) and assigned to 10th SF Group at Fort Devens, MA. His first team noticed right off the bat he was a sociopath and not SF material; unfortunately back in the day it was the Team's responsibility, not the School, to weed out the undesirables. I believe he was a commo MOS (05B1S).
His first team sent him away to schools to keep him away from the unit; that's how bad he was. This was the post-Vietnam era and getting people kicked out took a LOT of effort. IIRC, he went through two teams and was told he could leave Army at the end of his first enlistment or face NJP. As it was, he RE Code (re-enlistment) read "not eligible for re-enlistment".
Somehow, his RE code was 'changed' a couple years later when he applied for an Army Reserve slot as a parachute rigger somewhere in New England. Suddenly he was eligible to go back in the Army either as AD or Reserve. The Reserve unit saw through his BS after a year or two and kicked him out. He never, ever, served another day in the military or in the local, state or federal governments; after ~1982.
That's when he got into business for himself doing all kinds of work. Firearms training, kennels, tactical gear, paintball gear, SOF expos, etc. He'd do anything that: Made him the 'hero', made money and made him the center of attention.
30 years later, he's dead. According to some reports, he actually believed the crap he made up.
The number of lives he personally destroyed with his frivoulous civil lawsuits is unbelievable. Idema is actually a textbook study in "serial litigation". From 1994 to 2010 he filed over 80+ civil lawsuits. He used the lawsuits as a means of financing his imaginary lifestyle. "Sue High, Settle Low". He did that against anybody who ever said a cross word to him or about him.
Because Idema was one of our own (SF); the SF community watched his antics and the embarassing links he made to the rest of us. Nothing we could do about it except make sure it doesn't happen again.
The good news is that because of Idema's and other's actions, it's a LOT easier for us to cross-check other people who make questionable claims; like John Giduck. In a sense, the legacy Idema leaves behind is a community (SOF, LEO and others) that freely talks to each other to confirm/deny poser's claims.
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His first team sent him away to schools to keep him away from the unit; that's how bad he was. This was the post-Vietnam era and getting people kicked out took a LOT of effort. IIRC, he went through two teams and was told he could leave Army at the end of his first enlistment or face NJP. As it was, he RE Code (re-enlistment) read "not eligible for re-enlistment".
Somehow, his RE code was 'changed' a couple years later when he applied for an Army Reserve slot as a parachute rigger somewhere in New England. Suddenly he was eligible to go back in the Army either as AD or Reserve. The Reserve unit saw through his BS after a year or two and kicked him out. He never, ever, served another day in the military or in the local, state or federal governments; after ~1982.
That's when he got into business for himself doing all kinds of work. Firearms training, kennels, tactical gear, paintball gear, SOF expos, etc. He'd do anything that: Made him the 'hero', made money and made him the center of attention.
30 years later, he's dead. According to some reports, he actually believed the crap he made up.
The number of lives he personally destroyed with his frivoulous civil lawsuits is unbelievable. Idema is actually a textbook study in "serial litigation". From 1994 to 2010 he filed over 80+ civil lawsuits. He used the lawsuits as a means of financing his imaginary lifestyle. "Sue High, Settle Low". He did that against anybody who ever said a cross word to him or about him.
Because Idema was one of our own (SF); the SF community watched his antics and the embarassing links he made to the rest of us. Nothing we could do about it except make sure it doesn't happen again.
The good news is that because of Idema's and other's actions, it's a LOT easier for us to cross-check other people who make questionable claims; like John Giduck. In a sense, the legacy Idema leaves behind is a community (SOF, LEO and others) that freely talks to each other to confirm/deny poser's claims.
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| He would often go on round-the-clock vodka-and cocaine-fueled binges while playing Arab music, the sound track of “Apocalypse Now” or Louis Armstrong’s “What a Wonderful World” nonstop, said Alesi...To the end, one of Idema’s biggest fears was not being taken seriously... |
Wow, it looks like Idema's entire life was an oxymoron...
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