New Zealand intelligence failed on fantasist scientist

[Jeffersons Ghost]

New Zealand intelligence failed on fantasist scientist

New Zealand's intelligence service did not follow "basic procedures" in vetting a defence scientist who turned out to be a fantasist, according to Prime Minister John Key.

British-born Stephen Wilce was hired as chief of New Zealand's Defence Technology Agency in 2005, having got top level security clearance.

Last year it emerged that he had made a series of false claims about his past...

He resigned in September 2010 after a TV programme revealed he had falsely claimed to be a former Royal Marine and to have raced in an Olympic bobsleigh event against the Jamaican team depicted later in the movie Cool Runnings.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12304651

[hobbit709]

1. Is "fantasist" the new way of saying LIAR?

[Gaedel]

2. Military guys

Military guys refer to the poseurs as "walts" as in "Walter Mitty". There is a cottage industry in outing walts from various military or veteran internet sites.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

3. probably both words apply to that individual. But "scientist" is a misnomer.