navy s.e.a.l. team that killed osama bin laden. we have worked very hard for the reputations that we have. reporter: since the bin laden raid, dozens have been exposed as phony navy s.e.a.l.s, including a california man who attended a veterans ceremony and a pennsylvania pastor, jim moats, who confessed to the harrisburg patriot newspaper he had been lying about being a navy s.e.a.l. for five years. it s an ego builder for me. but it s still a lie. reporter: now the court will decide whether falsely claiming to be one of america s heroes is criminal or just a harmless fib. brian ross, abc news, new york. the justices could decide on this case early this summer. summertime this year. but you really think of the bravery and the sacrifices the troops have made and their families. to me lying about that, standing up there, holding the flag, pretending that you did something you didn t, something that brave and commendable and to lie about it, i think that sickens a lot of peopl