JESSE VENTURA'S NAVY SEAL PAST QUESTIONED

JESSE VENTURA'S NAVY SEAL PAST QUESTIONED

SAN DIEGO (Wireless Flash) -- The military career of Minnesota Governor Jesse "The Body" Ventura is coming under fire from a retired Navy SEAL. Former SEAL Bill Salisbury claims sailors who served with Ventura report the governor was never a SEAL, only a "frogman" in the Underwater Demolition Team. Salisbury, who is now a San Diego attorney, says Ventura's claim that he's a SEAL insults the memory of real SEALs who died fighting for their country. He believes no one has challenged Ventura's claim because of what he calls retired, high-ranking "ass-kissers" who want to bask in Ventura's fame. Meanwhile, a spokesperson for the governor claims Salisbury's allegations are false because Underwater Demolition Teams are the same as Navy SEALs. Salisbury says that's been true since 1983 -- but that wasn't the case in 1974, the year Ventura left active service.