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(Fox News) - The Army major who conducted the investigation into a soldier's allegations of cruel and callous behavior by some of his colleagues, says he found no evidence that the New Republic magazine did any fact-checking prior to publication.

Pajamas Media quotes Major John Cross as saying he also did not interview anyone who corroborated the stories written by Private Scott Beauchamp, who said soldiers wore the skulls of murdered Iraqis, mocked a burn victim and used Bradley Fighting Vehicles to run down animals. Beauchamp later recanted.

Cross also says that Beauchamp violated operational security rules by posting unit deployment dates on his personal blog.