U.S. Investigating Those Behind The Making Of “Innocence of Muslims”

September 13, 2012 | Filed under Barack Obama,Media,Politics,War On Terror | Posted by

Let that sink in for a moment…

Forget that everyone who has actually watched the trailer describes it as comically inept and loathsome, what this story says is that law enforcement at some level in the U.S. (probably the FBI) are investigating the makers of this film.

A US law enforcement official says a man named Nakoula Basseley Nakoula is behind the anti-Muslim film that has sparked mob attacks on US missions in Egypt, Libya and Yemen.

A man who calls himself Sam Bacile has said he created the film, but The Associated Press has connected Nakoula to the Bacile persona.

The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to discuss an ongoing investigation.

The self-proclaimed director of Innocence of Muslims initially claimed a Jewish and Israeli background. But others involved in the film said his statements were contrived as evidence mounted that the film’s key player was a southern Californian Coptic Christian.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton commented on the film, “To us, to me personally, this video is disgusting and reprehensible. It appears to have a deeply cynical purpose, to denigrate a great religion and to provoke rage”

Is anyone in Hollywood the least bit concerned that the act of making an unpopular movie is now worthy of a federal investigation?

If that’s the new normal I demand that a case be opened (or reopened) into the making of Ishtar…

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Doug Johnson is a news junkie and long time blog reader, turned author.

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  • GarandFan

    No worries. They’ll investigate with “nuance”.

  • Bird666

    Hillary, what the f**k is so great about this f*****g s**t religion?

  • 914

    That this barbaric attack happened on 9/11 is pure coincidence .. The pin it on Romney game has already started. Failed, but started none the less. Just like the stimulus come to think of it.

  • herddog505

    Is anyone in Hollywood the least bit concerned that the act of making an unpopular movie is now worthy of a federal investigation?

    Nope, because they know that THEY will never be targets. It’s sort of like being a non-Jewish German in 1938 when the Goldsteins, the Weinsteins, and the Goldblums disappear from one’s neighborhood: “I know who the authorites are after, and I know it ain’t me. Kein problem!”

  • retired.military

    If it was a movie about the Pope raping boys than The Obama administration would be calling it “true to life”, “painstakingly documented” and “thought provoking”

    • jim_m

      If Catholics started lopping off heads obama would be crafting an exemption from obamacare for them within 24 hours.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Paul-Hooson/100002939023994 Paul Hooson

    Strangely, the FBI has spent countless millions of tax dollars investigating many of the 12,000 adult movie titles released each year in the United States looking for any incidental scene to prosecute the filmmaker on obscenity charges and even investigated The Kingsmen for their song, “Louie Louie” at one time as well. And New York City Police have even tape recorded every performance of comics such as Lenny Bruce looking for any word or concepts to prosecute him after Catholic Church officials were outraged when this Jewish-born comic made religious jokes among social satire jokes.
    What is known is that the suspected producer of this anti-Islam film has served prison time before for bank fraud, and does have a criminal record. And what is also known is that this obscure and very amateurish, and very poorly done film has unfortunately incited serious violence against the United States around the world as well as unfortunately likely given agents of al Qaeda or other militants a cover to have murdered U.S. embassy staff in a sophisticated attack on 9/11.
    What is also unfortunate is a few very unhelpful opinions that I’ve seen attempting to politicize these tragic and very dangerous events right now, including by candidate Romney or others. But, what is helpful at this time is that the government of Libya took actions today to arrest militants or radicals believed to be responsible for the attack and that the White House rushed an aircraft carrier into the area in the event that a precise raid or cruise missile attack is needed to further justice here.

    • UOG

      Paul, our aircraft carriers aren’t necessary to launch a cruise missile attack. Our aircraft carriers are huge. Those two attributes (1) OUR carriers, (2) huge is largely why they are there. Round the clock launches and recoveries to control the air space around them as well as to conduct asw patrols plus cruising a few miles off the coast in the early evening while lite up like a small city are two of the non-lethal methods they utilize to project U.S. power into the region.

  • Commander_Chico_Cognoscente

    First, the FBI is charged with counterintelligence investigations. That is, the activities of foreign agents in the USA.

    The alleged filmmaker has disappeared and none of his claims can be verified through public sources – including his name, his employment, or his citizenship. A mystery man.

    I was talking to a U.S. foreign affairs professional who watched the trailer this evening. He said that the script was well-written to incite Muslims.
    His opinion was that it this film was something that came from the Middle East, to create disorder for one reason or another. He thought Saudis or Israelis.

    • jim_m

      Come on Chico. Blame the Jooos. It’s what you want to believe.

      • Commander_Chico_Cognoscente

        I am delivering facts, the origins of this film are in the shadows.

        It’s possible a foreign government is behind the film and its propagation.

        Americans have died. Don’t you think an investigation is warranted?

        • jim_m

          YEs. An investigation into who stormed the consulate and murdered them. I really do not see a point in investigating the film maker as this is a 1st amendment issue. As I have said: You have no problem with infringing upon the civil rights of those you disagree with.

          Could it be a muslim plot? Frankly it sounds like troother material to me. That sounds about your speed too.

          • Commander_Chico_Cognoscente

            So you are OK with foreign governments possibly conducting “black” psychological operations against the USA on American soil?

          • jim_m

            No. Just like the first instinct is to blame America the DOJ is now blaming the film maker and rather than actually investigating him they are pillorying him in public. The obama admin is not conducting an investigation they are trying to distract from their foreign policy failures by broadcasting this guy’s info. This is not an investigation it is a scapegoating.

            The moment that obama takes responsibility for his presidency it will be the first.

          • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ryan-Murphy/100001624276605 Ryan Murphy

            Yeah Chico, expose those Israelis, source of all evil!

          • ackwired

            There is nothing in the 1st amendment to prevent an investigation. Extremists, both Muslims and Christians, are trying to povoke a war. It would be a dreeliction not to investigate the cause of this trouble.

        • Olsoljer

          Can you say 1st Amendment?

    • jim_m

      NOt to put too fine a point on it Chico, but if a GOP admin were to pull such fascist tactics as to investigate a film maker for pissing someone off you would be in full freak out mode. Your ideas of liberty are confined to those people who agree with you.

  • jim_m

    Yes, let’s investigate people exercising heir 1st amendment rights. The left has no problem with abrogating the constitution and denying anyone their rights.

    In fact it is far more important to the left to go on a witch hunt to infringe upon people’s civil rights because that will distract from the fact that

    Romney’s statement was released at 10:00 p.m. EST and embargoed until midnight. But 10 minutes after Romney’s statement was emailed, the Obama White House disavowed the Cairo press release. (Romney lifted the embargo on his statement 15 minutes after the White House disavowal.) For the previous 16 hours, there was a furious exchange of emails between the State Department and the Cairo embassy, and the White House and Foggy Bottom. At one point, even Secretary or State Hillary Clinton became involved. In short, the Obama White House allowed the statement to stand for most of the day as the official position of the United
    States and only disavowed it when it became controversial.

    So what the embassy originally said actually IS the official policy of the obama admin. Only when faced with the embarrassing truth that obama does not believe in freedom of speech and that he believes that appeasement and cowardice are the best foreign policies when confronting islamic extremism, only then does his admin go into full cover up and denial mode (with the full complicity of a fascist media)

    • Hugh_G

      You never fail to prove how utterly stupid you are.

      • jim_m

        If you have a comment about substance you will surprise everyone. I merely point out the facts.