Who Made The Anti-Muslim Video? What L.A. County Knows But Is Not Saying.

[Purveyor]

Los Angeles

A movie cannot shoot in Los Angeles County without a permit, and a permit makes public the names of the film’s writer, director, and producer.

This means that answers to the question of who was behind “Innocence of Muslims,” the anti-Muslim project that sparked a wave of mob violence across the Middle East and may have created the cover for a deadly attack on US diplomats in Libya, now appear to be in the hands of Los Angeles County officials. And they are not talking.

A US law enforcement official told the Associated Press Thursday that authorities believe that a 55-year-old Coptic Christian, a US citizen named Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, is behind the film. A convicted felon, Mr. Nakoula has changed his version of events numerous times in interviews with various news outlets.

On Thursday, after being contacted by both the FBI and the US State Department and on its legal counsel’s advice, the office of the CEO of L.A. County removed from public availability what has been confirmed as the permit issued to shoot at least part of the anti-Muslim film. Permits are normally available online and by request from the county.

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http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2012/0913/Who-made-the-anti-Muslim-video-What-L.A.-County-knows-but-is-not-saying-video

[riverbendviewgal]

1. Roger Ebert could be saying what a lot of people are thinking in his column

My hunch is that when the origins of "The Innocence of Muslims" and its backers have been tracked down--and make no mistake, they will be--the full story will be vile and explosive.

[cali]

2. It's pretty clear that it was Nakoula

http://gulfnews.com/news/region/egypt/producer-of-anti-islam-film-says-he-has-no-regrets-1.1075241

And in another article he said he wrote the script while in prison in 2011. There may well be others, but this looks more and more like his little project.

[Heather MC]

3. I think their next movie needs to be filmed on location

in Cairo.

they need to send the producer director and financial backers ahead of time.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

4. They have what is on the permit and nothing more

How many different names have we seen so far? Saw a couple of new ones just this AM.

Still, I understand them pulling it from public record until things get sorted out.