and there is no record of a man named sam bacile holding israeli citizenship. that is what we do know. and we know that the film was shot in the united states, and one tof the actresses who took part in it is very upset. she asked not to be named, and she told our producer that she was duped. >> reporter: she responded to a casting call for an action adventure film set 2,000 years ago and a low budget film called "desert warrior." you find yourself in the middle of an international -- >> nightmare. that is what i find myself in the middle of. of a world i have prayed for. for god to help. killing is never right. >> reporter: in her portion of the script, the prophet mohammed character was called george who was referred to during fimming as master father or father master, but never mohammed. she was paid a few hundreds dollars for a few days work, but she says that the filmmaker lied about the film's contact. i think it is unfair. i am sorry for that man and the family that was hurt. >> and she even phoned bacile saying that he was defiant. >> tell them that i a

court documents showed he used 17 different names including sam bacile, p.j. tobacco and thomas tanas. anyone having anything to do with sam bacile is scared to death right now across los angeles. this is neighborhood in long beach, a man that lives here says that nakoula basseley nakoula used his address to get credit cards and conduct some of the fraudulent activity that he carried out. he found out about it, called the police and hasn't seen him since. numbers associated with bacile's many identities turned up nothing. >> the number you dialed is not a work number. >> reporter: even anti-islamic activists said they were never sure who he was. >> sam is not his real name. i knew that. >> reporter: the same is true for the actors in his movie. >> he told me he was from israel today. he told me he was going to show the movie in egypt and either i assumed he was from egypt or -- >> he led you to believe he was egyptian. >> yes. because that's what i believed. >> reporter: this is the best address we have for sam bacile or nakoula basseley nakoula. you can see a

---en una entrevista concedida a la "ap" cerca de los angeles,, nakoula niega ser "sam bacile" y dice conocer al cineasta y nakoula afirmo que el se encargo de la logistica para la produccion del film, el cual se burla de los musulmanes y del profeta mahoma... topvo cesar ---la pelicula fue puesta en la pagina de internet "you tube", y ahora la empresa dueÑa del canal de internet, google, anuncio que no eliminara el video de su pagina, pero si anuncio que su acceso fue bloqueado en egipto y libia. ---segun directivos de la empresa, el video no viola las politicas de "you tube" pero que tuvieron que hacer una excepcion con los paises mencionados por las circunstancia s extraordinari as que se han presentado tanto en egipto como en libia. cesar tiempo de la primera pausa en su noticiero telemundo 48 en alta definicionpero al regresar... blanca miles de personas son evacudas en guatemala tras la erupcion del volcan de fuego... cesar ademas, arrestan a otro capo del narcotrafico en mexico.. regresamos en breve... autoridades han activado la alerta naranja, de peligro, tras la violenta er

bacile, and the problem is that there was no record of sam bacile has been found, and we know that this individual nakoula basseley nakoula has acknowledgeded that he was the manager of the company that made the film. he denies that he is sam bacile, but he has a long criminal record going back to the late 1990s when he was arrested on drug charge, methamphetamine charges and sentenced twice for prison and filed twice for bankruptcy and then rearrested on federal identity theft for bilking wells fargo bank in which he was alleged to have used multiple aliases and variations of baselle, and that is close to the name of the filmmaker here. it is not clear whether nakoula basseley nakoula is the sam bacile in question, but the federal law enforcement officials are looking into that, because as part of the conviction of the identity theft case just three years ago, there was a five-year probation on banning him from using, and banning him from using the internet without the approval of his federal probation officer, and of course, sam bacile, the filmmaker who made this film did have a yout

we're learning more importantly how he sam bacile, the name he gave as producer and write egg of the film and learning how he made the film. >> do you like hollywood. >> i do. >> lilly had been in hollywood a week when she answered an ad on craigslist for an action adventure film called desert warrior. >> just moved out here. >> she met this man, sam bacile seen here for the first time on u.s. television. she says he was in charge of everything. >> was it your sense he was the writer and producer? >> yes. i really believe he was the writer. he definitely was the producer. he was the one writing the checks, handing out the money. he was running the show. >> under the name sam bacile. >> uh-huh. >> the shoot, a little weird but never heard any talk of politics or religion. the actors thought they were making a low budget cheesy film with little plot. >> we did wonder what it was about. they kept saying george. we're like this is the middle east 2,000 years ago. who is george? we don't normally ask questions. >> george turned out to be the muhammed character. >> he did. >> the script ha

one thing is now clear, sam bacile, a name that surfaced early in reporting, is a fake. miguel marquez investigates. >> reporter: he is a shadowy maker of a low-budget film. he doesn't want to be found, for good reason. in 197, he spent a year in prison. in 2010, he spent another year in prison for fraud. >> these are some of the documents for sam bacile or nakoula basseley nakoula. ith clear investigators had a hard time tracking him down as well. the guy had several addresses, many social security numbers and lots of names. court documents show he used at least 17 different names, including sam bacile, kritbagh dais difrait, kurt tobacco. anything having anything to do with with sam bassil is scared to death. a man that lives here says that nakoula bassi. used his address to get credit cards and he found out about it and called the police and hasn't seen him since. members associated with his many identities turned up nothing. >> the number you dialed is not a working number. >> even anti-islamic activists that worked with him say they were never exactly sure who he wa

and sam bacile says, i feel the security system at the embassy is no good. they should change it. he blames the victims. these people are despicable. now max blumenthal is here to talk about who these guys are. max, what is the real objective of these folks and who the hell are they? >> well, there is a new development, and i think we need to make this point and emphasize it constantly. u.s. officials including representative mike rogers republican chair of house of intelligence committee and would have no political reason for saying this, are saying that the attacks in libya in benghazi where there actually is no u.s. embassy, it's not the capital of libya, was premeditated, pre-planned, which means there weren't some muslims who weren't automatically offended by this film showed up and assassinated the u.s. ambassador with rocket-propelled grenades. if anything that was a smokescreen or cover for a jihadist group to cover out a well-orchestrated attack. >> cenk: max, that's absolutely true. but there is no question that there were people significantly angry about this in egypt w

but sam bacile is a deadend, no public records at all. apparently a fake name. >> my name is steve, s-t-e-v-e, last name is klein, k-l-e-i-n. this man claims to have consulted on the movie but there's no real proof of his involvement. >> who is sam bacile? >> good question. i don't know sam that well. >> reporter: another deadend. tonight he said he managed the production company for this film, suppose with the associated press and he's been reported to have trouble with the law known as different aliases. one final mystery, it appears that someone, not clear who, translated the english language trailer in a dialect of the arabic spoken in egypt that's what made it on the tv in cairo. an example how in the internet age it's possible to start trouble half a world away and still remain very much in the shadow. diane. >> so many questions. thank you, david and lama. >>> we turn next and now a note today to the aftermath of the tragic events in libya. republican presidential candidate mitt romney under fire for comments he made about the uphe

---en una entrevista concedida a la "ap" cerca de los angeles,, nakoula niega ser "sam bacile" y dice conocer al cineasta y nakoula afirmo que el se encargo de la logistica para la produccion del film, el cual se burla de los musulmanes y del profeta mahoma... topvo blanca ---la pelicula fue puesta en la pagina de internet "you tube", y ahora la empresa dueÑa del canal de internet, google, anuncio que no eliminara el video de su pagina, pero si anuncio que su acceso fue bloqueado en egipto y libia. ---segun directivos de la empresa, el video no viola las politicas de "you tube" pero que tuvieron que hacer una excepcion con los paises mencionados por las circunstancia s extraordinari as que se han presentado tanto en egipto como en libia. stop open roll open cesar ---mas de nueve mil estudiantes indocumentad os de california, take vo ---reunen los requisitos para solicitar ayuda financiera al estado para cursar sus estudios superiores... ---estas son las nuevas cifras presentadas por la comision estatal de ayuda financiera estudiantil a los legisladores durante una reunion realizada h

garcia said she called sam bacile to complain, who she know as the film's producer. the proo but the self-described consultant and spokesperson for the fi said sam bacile who has not surfaced is not the real name of the producer who came to him. >> and knew that i would not back down and was not afraid to tell the truth on this stuff. >> reporter: and klein's alleged truth, for years, his letters to government officials, he has branded islam as a terrible religion, themes in the film now propelled worldwide by a social media. >> if you want to say something inflammatory, you now have as broad an audience as you can imagine. >> reporter: actors say they were conned, dialogue dubbed over, and a message of hate. mike taibbi, nbc newsment. secr clinton used strong >>> secretary of state hillary clinton used strong language to denounce the film, words like disgusting. but what actions does the u.s. have to stop the anti-american rage? our chief correspondent andrea mitchell with us from our washington bureau, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, tonight, the administr

sam bacile or nakoula basseley nakoula. the guy had several addresses, many social security numbers and lots of names. court documents show he used at least 17 different names, including sam bacile, p.j. to be alcoho alcohol, krtbal. nakoula basseley used his address to get credit cards and conduct the fraudulent activity that he carried out. he found out about it, called the police and hasn't seen him since. numbers associated with b aacile's many identities turn up nothing. >> the number you dialed is not a working number. >> reporter: even anti-islamic activists who workd with him say they don't know who he was. >> sam is not his real name. i knew that. >> same for actors in his movie. >> he told me he was from israel, told me he was going to show the movie in egypt and either i assumed he was from egypt or -- >> he led you to believe he was egyptian? >> yes. because that's what i believed. >> reporter: this is the best address we have for sam bacile or nakoula basseley. you can see all the media is camped out here. we'l

. >> according to "the wall street journal" the man is 52-year-old sam bacile. he wrote and produced it. cnn has been trying extraordinarily hard to contact him. >> he self-identifies as an israeli jew. >> joining us now is paul fari, media reporter from t er froere washington post". the movie was direct and produced by a israeli-american real estate developer who characterized as a political effort to call attention to the high pock cycys of islam. >> there apparently is no sam bacile. >> he's actually nakoula basseley ba cue la. >> that's right. >> who's been questioned by them. it sounds like those two organizations are wrong on every count. >> they're wrong. the reason was they were steered wrong by sam bacile/him. >> what do you make of a volatile situation like that, taking the word of somebody you talked to over the phone who says i raised $5 million from jewish donors. how serious a mistake was that? >> that a is a very serious mistake in this context because clearly the middle east is in flames over this particular film and to blame it on or to cite jew

today we started by looking for sam bacile claiming to be the writer, director of the video. he described himself as an israeli-american real estate developer. now hiding for the fear of his life. he's a deadend. apparently a fake name. >> my name is steve, s-t-e-v-e, last name klein. the only man that has come out is this man that claimed to consult on the movie. >> who is sam bacile? >> good question. i don't know sam that well. >> reporter: another deadend. we're told there was a screening on sunset boulevard but no one came to the theater. again no records of that. one final mystery, it appears that someone, not clear who, translated the english language trailer in a dialect of the arabic spoken in egypt that's what the tv stations in cairo picked up. an example how in the internet age it's possible to start trouble half a world away and remain very much in the shadow, diane. >> so many question. thank you, david and lama. >>> we turn to the note from the aftermath of the aftermath in libya. mitt romney under fire about comment es made about the upheefal as it was unfoldi

anybody having to do with sam bacile is scared. this is a neighborhood in long beach, a man who lives here says that nakoula basseley nakoula used his address to get credit cards and conduct some of the fraudulent activity that he carried out. he found out about it, called the police, and hasn't seen him since. numbers associated with bacile's many identities turned up nothing. >> the number you dialed is not a working number. >> reporter: anti-islamists who worked with him didn't know who he was. the same is true for the actors. >> he told me he was from israel. he told me he was going to show the movie in egypt. and either i assumed he was from egypt or -- >> or led you to believe he was egyptian. >> yes because that's what i believed. >> reporter: this is the best address we have for sam bacile or nakoula basseley nakoula. all the media is camped out here. we'll try one more time to talk to him. [ knocking on the door ] >> mr. bacile? mr. nakoula? >> reporter: this house the center of an intense research that has many questions

a tweet, sam bacile makes a film and egypt protests. these are acts of free sfeech, and i would stand up and fight for each one of those to happen, for butler to tweet and for sam bacile to make a film and for egypt to protest the film. is this really about a film? is this really even about free speech? what happened, for example, in libya, i think, has nothing to do withed film. we've seen this happen over a cartoon or a myriad of other explanations. the film is the excuse, and i'm not sure why we bother trying to teach gauzy lessons about free speech and religious tolerance to a group of people who clearly aren't interested or hold the same values. >> let me put it another way to you. i don't think it's gauzy. part of what's going on is a lesson in what we need to sometimes do overseas. granted, i don't think this film is the only reason that the violence happened. however, when korans were burned inadvertent inadvertently, there's a moment where we have a conversation about there's certain things that might make-believers upset. >> w

a california real estate developer named sam bacile. he'd even given an improve to the associated press. but as jeffrey goldberg reported in "the atlantic," the alleged filmmaker does not appear to actually exist, at least not under the name sam bacile. previous reports that he is an israeli national have been disputed by the israeli government. there are no records of film permits or financial statements the to account for the making of the movie, and the incendiary lines about the prophet muhammad appear to have been dubbed in after the movie was made. earlier this afternoon, members of the casting crew of the film stepped forward to release this statement. they said, "the entire cast and crew are extremely upset and they feel taken advantage of by the producer. we are 100% not behind this film and were grossly misled about its intent and purpose. we are shocked by the drastic rewrites of the script and the lies that were told to all involved. we are deeply saddened by the tragedies that have occurred." further more, we do not know wh

behind it is supposed to be sam bacile. he is not anything that he said he was. >> just who made the movie remains a mystery. it is credited to a shadowy figure named sam bacile. he tells the press he managed the production. >> i think they got him. the associated press tracked him down. when he showed them his driver's license, his name is nicula bacile nicula. he has other aliases. it's him! by the way this guy in 2010 got caught for federal bank fraud charges, $790,000 in restitution. he paid 21 months in prison. he's not allowed to use a computer or the internet for the next five years according to his probation. he definitely used the internet, so authorities might want to look at that. he might actually be going back to prison. that's fascinating. we'll see if they do anything about that. more from a local fox story about his home. >> the media hoping out here hoping that he will come out here and speak to them and give his version of this story growing evidence that he is that same person. if you take a look at that

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sam sam bacile. he claims to be an israeli. it's not clear who he is, whether he is an israeli and whether a guy named sam bacile exists. but it was so offensive that the grand musti of jackpot condemned it. and roughly 2,000 demonstrators assembleed around the u.s. embassy in cairo. the diplomatic workers inside that embassy saw this protest developing and they understandably were worried about their safety by this situation that was developing. they calmed them down saying, the embassy of the united states in kay row condemns the continuing efforts by misguided individuals to hurt religious feelings of muslims as we condemn hurt thosecondemn efforts to offend believers of all religious. later, no one was hurt and protesters eventually disbanded. as that situation in egypt was winding down, the situation in libya was getting worse. so ten hours after the statement was issued in cairo at about 4:00 in the afternoon then attackers in libya entered the american consulate in benghazi and started firing.

israel ministry said they have no record of sam bacile. he has a criminal past and is a coptic christian. miguel, what can you tell us, first of all about this man's criminal past. >> reporter: it's extensive. there's no doubt he doesn't want to we found. in 1991, he was convicted of misdemeanors, didn't serve any jail time for that. in 1997 he was convicted of intent to manufacture methamphetamine, the drug methamphetamine and he served a year in prison for that and in 2010 in an elaborate fraudulent scheme he served a year in federal prison, elaborate scheme where he would create false identities and then get money through those credit card convenience checks put them into fake bank accounts, withdraw the money and then walk away from it all. >> obviously adding more intrigue to this bizarre story. what do we know about him being an coptic christian and egyptian. crucial given this is a small and persecuted group in egypt. >> the big concern is that coptic christians in egypt and what might the reaction might be. this is a guy who we met

israel ministry said they have no record of sam bacile. he has a criminal past and is a coptic christian. miguel, what can you tell us, first of all about this man's criminal past. >> reporter: it's extensive. there's no doubt he doesn't don't found because in '91 he was convicted of misdemeanors, he didn't serve any jail time for that. in 1997 he was convicted of intent to manufacture methamphetamine, the drug methamphetamine and he served a year in prison for that and in 2010 in an elaborate fraudulent scheme he served a year in federal prison, elaborate scheme where he would create false identities and then get money through those credit card convenience checks put them into fake bank accounts, withdraw the money and then walk away from it all. >> obviously adding more intrigue to this bizarre story. what do we know about him being an coptic christian and egyptian. crucial given this is a small and persecuted group in egypt. >> the big concern is that coptic christians in egypt and what might the reaction might be. this is a guy who we

anyone having anything to do with sam bacile is scared to death across los angeles. this is a neighborhood in long beach. a man who lives here says that nakoula basseley used his address to get credit cards, and conduct some of the fraudulent activity that he carried out. he found out about it, called the police, numbers associated with bacile's many identities turn up nothing. >> the number you dialed is not a working number. >> reporter: even anti-islamic activists who work with him say they were never exactly sure who he was. >> sam was not his real name. i knew that. >> reporter: the same true even for actors in his own movie. >> he told me he was from israel. he told me he was going to show the movie in egypt. and either i assumed he was from egypt, or -- >> reporter: he led you to believe he was egyptian? >> yes. because that's what i believed. >> reporter: this is the best address we have for sam bacile or nakoula basseley, whatever you want to call him. all of the media is camped out here. we're going to try one more time to talk to him. mr. bacile? mr. nakou