Anonymous
Post 09/14/2012 08:32     Subject: more on the video
I'm all for free speech, even the speech of that wacko pastor burning Korans. But if the maker of this video is banned from the internet for using it to scam people, I'd say that says a lot about his intentions.
Anonymous
Post 09/14/2012 08:29     Subject: more on the video
I hope they do.
Anonymous
Post 09/13/2012 18:33     Subject: more on the video
It looks like the guy who put this thing together is an Egyptian ex-con who is currently on probation. One of the conditions of his probation is to not use the Internet without permission of his probation officer.

So if he posted the video on Youtube, and it looks like he did based on the alias, then the government can prosecute him for that.

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/13/13842406-man-behind-anti-islam-film-reportedly-is-egyptian-born-ex-con?lite
Anonymous
Post 09/13/2012 14:35     Subject: more on the video
turns out, has a DC connection.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443884104577647691429314660.html?mod=googlenews_wsj


The spark that elevated the video from the Internet's backwater appears to have been provided by Morris Sadek, an Egyptian-American Coptic activist living in the Washington, D.C., area. Mr. Sadek has been an outspoken anti-Islamic activist in the U.S., where he runs a small group called the National American Coptic Assembly.

On Sept. 6, Mr. Sadek sent an email to journalists around the world promoting a Sept. 11 event held by Rev. Terry Jones, the Florida pastor who previously sparked deadly protests by burning a copy of the Quran. In the email, Mr. Sadek included a link to the 14-minute YouTube clip.

In Egypt, journalists translated some of the footage into Arabic and broadcast it.

—Matt Bradley, Erica E. Phillips and Tamara Audi contributed to this article.
Write to Dion Nissenbaum at dion.nissenbaum@wsj.com


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