Monday, December 21, 2009

Conning The Pentagon

One man's claims about secret al-Qaida messages embedded within Al Jazeera TV broadcasts led American officials to raise terror-alert levels and cancel a number of flights. But those claims turned out to be bogus.

Journalist Aram Roston wrote a Playboy article about Dennis Montgomery, "The Man Who Conned the Pentagon."



Audio: NPR's All Things Considered, December 19. Host: Guy Raz.

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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousDecember 21, 2009 at 4:51 PM

    How can Montgomery continue to avoid prosecution? This guy is a major crook and has been getting away with it. He sure conned NBC and MSBBC when they did that fancy interview when Mongomery accused Governor Gibbons of being complicit with this mess. Where is the FBI when you need them?

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  2. monoDecember 21, 2009 at 5:55 PM

    Investigation and prosecution of cases involving highly classified documents and the decisions of high-ranking members of the national security establisment?

    Too many persons of interest could slam the door on any FBI inquiry.

    Actually, jail time for defauding the casino might be the most likely result... No doubt with Jim Gibbons cheering the prosecution on.

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  3. monoDecember 21, 2009 at 6:21 PM

    I never saw NBC's coverage of the allegations against current the Nevada Governor, but the AP story regarding resolution of the accusations that appeared in the San Jose Mercury News said:

    "Montgomery alleged in 2006 that Gibbons, while serving as a congressman from Nevada, improperly received gifts and money from Montgomery's former business partner, eTreppid Technologies owner Warren Trepp.

    Gibbons was never charged with wrongdoing, and his lawyer said he was cleared last November following a federal investigation." (AP)

    Notice it was Gibson's lawyer, Abbe Lowell, who assured us that the FBI had dropped the case, not the Bureau itself.

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