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Posted by Bob Lord First, diclosure: Marcia Busching and I were law partners for 12 years, and I've supported her campaign from day 1. Each of the Democratic candidates has their own strengths, and I support them all, but in this post I focus solely on the candidate I know best – Marcia Busching. I … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: As I posted earlier, the Neocon Washington Post was highly critical of Romney's politicization of the killing of our our ambassador to Libya. Mr. Romney’s rhetoric on embassy attacks is a discredit to his campaign: At a news conference, Mr. Romney claimed that the administration had delivered “an apology for America’s values.” … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
Most major media outlets this morning quoted from interviews with a Sam Bacile, who is credited as the filmmaker of "The Innocence of Muslims." Bacile identified himself an Israeli Jew who is a California real estate developer.
Jeffrey Goldberg at The Atlantic did some follow-up investigative reporting and suggests this may not be true. Muhammad Film Consultant: 'Sam Bacile' Is Not Israeli, and Not a Real Name:
As part of my search for more information about Sam Bacile, the alleged
producer of the now-infamous anti-Muhammad film trailer "The Innocence
of Muslims," I just called a man named Steve Klein — a self-described
militant Christian activist in Riverside, California (whose actual
business, he said, is in selling "hard-to-place home insurance"), who
has been described in multiple media accounts as a consultant to the
film.
Klein told me that Bacile, the producer of the film, is not Israeli, and
most likely not Jewish, as has been reported, and that the name is, in
fact, a pseudonym. He said he did not know "Bacile"'s real name. He said
Bacile contacted him because he leads anti-Islam protests outside of
mosques and schools, and because, he said, he is a Vietnam veteran and
an expert on uncovering al Qaeda cells in California. "After 9/11 I went
out to look for terror cells in California and found them, piece of
cake. Sam found out about me. The Middle East Christian and Jewish
communities trust me."
He said the man who identified himself as Bacile asked him to help
make the anti-Muhammad film. When I asked him to describe Bacile, he
said: "I don't know that much about him. I met him, I spoke to him for
an hour. He's not Israeli, no. I can tell you this for sure, the State
of Israel is not involved, Terry Jones (the radical Christian
Quran-burning pastor) is not involved. His name is a pseudonym. All
these Middle Eastern folks I work with have pseudonyms. I doubt he's
Jewish. I would suspect this is a disinformation campaign."
I asked him who he thought Sam Bacile was. He said that there are
about 15 people associated with the making of the film, "Nobody is
anything but an active American citizen. They're from Syria, Turkey,
Pakistan, they're some that are from Egypt. Some are Copts but the vast
majority are Evangelical."
What are we to make of Steve Klein's assertions? I'm taking everything
about this strange and horrible episod with a grain of salt, though I
will say that I haven't seen any proof yet that Sam Bacile is an actual
Israeli Jew, or that the name is anything other than a pseudonym.
The plot thickens.
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Neocon Washington Post, a natural ally of the Romney campaign, nonetheless is harsh in its criticism. Mr. Romney’s rhetoric on embassy attacks is a discredit to his campaign: J.CHRISTOPHER STEVENS, the U.S. ambassador to Libya, was a skilled and courageous diplomat who repeatedly placed himself at risk in order to support … Read more