Muhammad Film Consultant: 'Sam Bacile' is Not Israeli, and Not a Real Name

[ehrnst]

"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&quot , 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 you tell 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."


http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/09/muhammad-film-consultant-sam-bacile-is-not-israeli-and-not-a-real-name/262290/

[BeyondGeography]

1. "Muhammad film consultant"

Now there's a job for ya.

And of course the real Sam won't stand up. He's scared shitless.

[Whisp]

4. maybe his name is Michelle Bachman

or one of those other fucking religious fanatic assholes.

yeh, I can see that.

[no_hypocrisy]

9. Or the BIL of Sheldon Adelson.

[Whisp]

13. who is Sheldon's Bro in law?

that could explain Romney's smirk

[no_hypocrisy]

14. Don't know, but the person who used the pseudonym of Sam Bacile

could be anybody. And just as likely SA's wife's brother who needed a job . . . .

[Whisp]

15. certainly possible.

they are evil people

[nanabugg]

2. Quick!!! Put out the flames!! nt

[KamaAina]

3. I figured Sam was fronting for his brother Im

[obnoxiousdrunk]

5. from what i heard

on the news this morning Sam Bacile is an Israeli American from California.

[winstars]

8. That I think is old news, this thread I think is disputing that...

Last night on the local NBC station here in LA they covered this because of the local angle, that being that Sam Bacile is from SoCal... Is it possible there is no film and only a trailer and are the people behind the film yet to be unmasked.

And could that asshole Terry Jones been used by others who, while agreeing with his very twisted views, merely associated themselves with him KNOWING that he would bring the attention they wanted for their purposes.

[Warren Stupidity]

12. And there is no evidence of any such person being a resident of California.

[Barack_America]

6. I wonder if he looked a bit like this...

[ehrnst]

7. You know, at this point, not much would surprise me. (nt)

[flamingdem]

10. That's too true! n/t

[Warren Stupidity]

11. This october surprise came in september.

This is stinking a lot. Anyone else catching a whiff?