Man behind 'Innocence of Muslims' film sentenced to one year in prison for violating probation

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This Sept. 27 courtroom drawing shows Nakoula Basseley Nakoula in court on probation violation charges in Los Angeles.

A California man who was behind an anti-Muslim film that spurred violent protests in the Middle East was sentenced on Wednesday to one year in prison for violating the terms of his probation stemming from a 2010 bank fraud conviction.

Mark Basseley Youssef, a 55-year-old Egyptian-American, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Christina Snyder after he admitted four of eight alleged violations including obtaining a fraudulent California driver's license.


Youssef served most of a 21-month prison term in the bank fraud case. Federal authorities wanted Youssef to serve two years for the violations.

A judge denied bail for the alleged producer of an anti-Muslim film that sparked Mideast outrage. He was arrested for violating probation from a bank fraud conviction. KNBC's Beverly White reports.

None of the violations had to do with the content of "Innocence of Muslims," a 13-minute film that mocks the prophet Mohammad as a religious fraud, pedophile and a womanizer. The movie sparked a torrent of violence in Libya and other parts of the Middle East, and dozens died.

Federal authorities have said they believe Youssef is responsible for the film, but they haven’t said whether he was the person who posted it online. He also wasn’t supposed to use any name other than his true legal name without the prior written approval of his probation officer.

At least three names have been associated with Youssef since the film trailer surfaced — Sam Bacile, Nakoula Basseley Nakoula and Youssef. Bacile was the name attached to the YouTube account that posted the video.

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How do you say "Bubba" in Arabic?

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#1 - Wed Nov 7, 2012 5:50 PM EST

al-Bubba?

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#1.1 - Wed Nov 7, 2012 5:52 PM EST
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Wish he had gotten twenty years. This guy has caused too many deaths. I don't think a year is going to make him stop this sort of thing.

  • 7 votes
#1.2 - Wed Nov 7, 2012 5:57 PM EST

Do you remember freedom, we have it here. Muslims do not have freedom that is their choice. Too many deaths, because of him or just because that is the way of the muslim world. Again, not his doing, he made the film, which is his right to do so.

  • 48 votes
#1.3 - Wed Nov 7, 2012 6:00 PM EST

hell turn muslim in prison.ironic.

  • 1 vote
#1.4 - Wed Nov 7, 2012 6:05 PM EST

Send him to Iraq and drop him off at a downtown Tehran coffee shop with a name tag. Problem solved........

  • 6 votes
#1.5 - Wed Nov 7, 2012 6:09 PM EST

sorry there Silverton , we have a thing called freedom of speech here , I am thinking you king Barry should be getting 20 years for failing to protect or people in Lybias thus being complicent in 4 murders , what do you think?

I am pretty sure we could come up with some stuff to lock your family up for , interesting eh?

oh and the day after Hillary and Barry killed our Ambassador the video had only 3500 views , not much of a showing , thus proving your kings bold faced lying about the circumstances

  • 28 votes
#1.6 - Wed Nov 7, 2012 7:57 PM EST

Lybias ?, hahaha

  • 7 votes
#1.7 - Wed Nov 7, 2012 8:11 PM EST

MSNBC still perpetuating the Lie OBAMA told to the American people today almost two months later and after its been proven that this Video had nothing to do with Benghazi.Pathetic and irresponsible.One of the many who lied about Romney and hid Obama's Failures during the months before our elections,Our unbalanced news is becoming like Korea,or like the terrorist spinning Propaganda machines in the Middle East.
What Happened to America
The movie sparked a torrent of violence in Libya and other parts of the Middle East, and dozens died. Dated today 11/7/12

  • 19 votes
#1.8 - Wed Nov 7, 2012 11:25 PM EST

So much for freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and freedom of the press. Some of the crap he spewed in the movie was FACTUAL. We're all now so afraid of offending the muslims that we have to walk on eggshells. Welcome to being PC. Whatever happened to the America that existed when we had some balls? Why the hell are we cowering from these obviously crazy and fanatical nutjobs? Throw a guy in jail for making a movie. Even if he did know Americans would get hurt, maybe that was the point. So we would all wake the hell up! This country has been bending to the will of others and kissing ass for decades. How many countries are we sending money to that either spit in our faces, or are repairing places that got destroyed in a war they started with us? America has the resources, intelligent people, Prideful people, and courageous people, in numbers to be greatest, most noble, and most stable country on the planet for the next thousand years. We just need people in place that have the balls to say so, and prove it.

  • 20 votes
#1.9 - Wed Nov 7, 2012 11:33 PM EST

To..John""""

Repubs you gotta ask yourself do you really want to go there... I mean ignored warnings ..people died

Cause just when you thought all that was almost gone down the memory hole you're going to open up nothing more than a nasty old can of worms that will not work well for you

  • 6 votes
#1.10 - Wed Nov 7, 2012 11:39 PM EST

This man is a convicted criminal.

It is NOT a Freedom of Speech issue. He was previous convicted of other crimes (fraud?) and as a result there were conditions put on his probation (using the Internet?). He violated those conditions; therefore, he goes back behind bars.

  • 15 votes
#1.11 - Wed Nov 7, 2012 11:52 PM EST

@Lynesypug: Exactly. People should read the story and pay attention to the details.

@AMUNAKA: Exactly. Because President Bush was responisble for a whole lot of American deaths. That is a fact. Lot of people died for his bull@!$%# agenda and bold face lies.

  • 8 votes
#1.12 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 1:57 AM EST

I cannot believe people whining about this jerk's "freedom of speech". This is not an issue. The issue is that he is a crook who used the internet to his own ends. And was therefore judicially barred from the internet; and, then, ignoring judicial orders, did it again!

  • 9 votes
#1.13 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 3:08 AM EST

We do have freedom of speech, but it is pretty stupid to agitate others even though we know exactly their reaction.

This is like children game, you can say whatever you want to others until someone hit you in the face. You have the freedom to do that, but knowing consequences is also part of it.

We all know that Muslim will kill people over burning of Koran, talk bad about their God and such, yet why are we keep doing it? This is like "I dare you to hit me, hit me I dare you" game...

  • 4 votes
#1.14 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 4:04 AM EST

People really need to study up on freedom of speech and on parole requirements.... Part of his parole was to not use the internet in such a fashion and not fraudulently obtain a drivers license. He violated at least 4 of the terms he AGREED to. This isn't a matter of someone taking away his various rights, this is a matter of him agreeing to forgo those rights in exchange for a reduced sentence.

Many parolees have to go to mandatory meetings as a condition of their parole. If you're not convicted of a crime, you can't be forced to go to such meetings. If you are convicted and agree to it in exchange for probation, you then have to go. Same thing with what he agreed to.

Just because you agree with what he's stating is no reason to ignore those 4 parole violations. Parole is not a right, it's a gift given by the justice system for those they believe deserve it and can be reformed. If you violate those terms, they have every right to take that gift away and have you serve out the rest of your sentence.

If a person was convicted of drunk driving and part of the parole was that they don't consume any alcohol before operating a vehicle, what do you think should happen to them if they're driving and have a 0.06% BAC?

  • 6 votes
#1.15 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 4:40 AM EST

@ doggysaywhat

Some people actually think he is a hero and just ignore all his criminal records. That shows you how much they hate Muslim and willing to do whatever it takes.

  • 3 votes
#1.16 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 4:42 AM EST

Awesome, after he does his time revoke his citizenship. He has disgraced this country and the American people, he doesn't deserve to be here!

  • 2 votes
#1.17 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 4:46 AM EST

I am thinking you king Barry should be getting 20 years for failing to protect or people in Lybias thus being complicent in 4 murders , what do you think?

I think you are an idiot who probably is from a muslim country posing as an American.

  • 4 votes
#1.18 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 4:53 AM EST

Well, regardless of what others think, if you're going to violate probation and do it in a public fashion, there's going to be consequences for it.

They don't really have grounds to revoke his citizenship though.

  • 2 votes
#1.19 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 4:54 AM EST

The fact he decieved the very people who starred in the film makes all that freedom of speech stuff null and void. The embassy attacks were planned not spontanious because it was way after the release of this film and staged to try and get Obama out of office because he has kicked the terrorist in the behind so much since he has taken office. Fox news jumped on the anti Obama wagon and can now be considered the American arm of Al Queda. This guy is in jail because he is a con man convicted of crimes and on parole or probation and he violated that pact he entered when he accepted said parole or probation. Has nothing to do with the release of the film.

  • 2 votes
#1.20 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 4:58 AM EST

And for those trying to make a distinction between parole and probation. They're not really different in their idea. Probation is a gift to not be sentenced to as long of a time. So it can be thought of as "fast-tracked" parole. However, it is still governed by that an agreement you make with the justice system and subject to similar penalties.

  • 2 votes
#1.21 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 5:01 AM EST

"Fox News still perpetuating the Lie Bush told to the American people today almost two months later and after its been proven that this Video had nothing to do with Iraq.Pathetic and irresponsible.One of the many who lied about Kerry and hid Bush's Failures during the months before our elections,Our unbalanced news is becoming like Korea,or like the terrorist spinning Propaganda machines in the Middle East.
What Happened to America
The movie sparked a torrent of violence in Iraq and other parts of the Middle East, and dozens died. Dated today 11/7/04"

Oh, I'm sorry! I forgot this kind of BS hypocrisy is only supposed to apply to democrats. Funny how you jack holes just completely glossed over all the Bush scandals.

  • 2 votes
#1.22 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 5:06 AM EST

A California man who was behind an anti-Muslim film that spurred violent protests in the Middle East was sentenced on Wednesday to one year in prison for violating the terms of his probation stemming from a 2010 bank fraud conviction.

Making a movie is a violation of probation for bank fraud???? WHAT????

Even though "the movie" was on YouTube for months prior to the collective indignation of thousands of Middle Eastern Islamists all coming together on the eleventh anniversary of September 11th (through a wild coincidence, no doubt), we are being told by our government and our media overlords that we must blame the movie.

You see, if we blame the movie for the burning of our foreign outposts and the brutal murders of four Americans (including our Libyan ambassador who was reportedly raped), we won't blame the burners and the looters and the murderers and the rapists.

You see, if we blame the movie for the Middle East burning, we won't blame the Islamists who are doing the burning and looting and raping and murdering.

Which means we won't further connect the dots and blame Obama's failed Middle East policy; the Obama Doctrine of backing away from the region and allowing events to unfold as America stands idly by -- as the Islamists in the Muslim Brotherhood grab hold of power in Egypt, a country that was once our largest and closest ally.

And all at the direction of a president of the United States who has sworn to uphold the Constitution, you know, the same Constitution that treasures the right of free expression and speech above all else.

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Hollywood/2012/09/15/Obama-Contribution-Anti-Islam-Filmmaker

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#1.23 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 5:33 AM EST

None of the violations had to do with the content of "Innocence of Muslims," a 13-minute film that mocks the prophet Mohammad as a religious fraud, pedophile and a womanizer. The movie sparked a torrent of violence in Libya and other parts of the Middle East, and dozens died.

He was arrested BECAUSE of the video! The white house blamed the video on the death of Ambassador Stevens and Hillary promised to bring him to justice for causing his death. LIARS!!!!! IMPEACH NOW!!!

ANTI-ISLAM FILMMAKER DONATED MILLION DOLLARS TO OBAMA CAMPAIGN

Bill Maher made a film that mocked Islam. Bill Maher also contributed $1 million to a pro-Obama super PAC.

And what if the terrorists learn that the president of the United States is benefiting from a million dollar contribution given by a filmmaker who mocked Islam? How will Hillary Clinton claim with any credibility that the United States government has no connection to this outrage?

  • 10 votes
#1.24 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 5:37 AM EST

Oh, I'm sorry! I forgot this kind of BS hypocrisy is only supposed to apply to democrats. Funny how you jack holes just completely glossed over all the Bush scandals.

Cynisturb: Actually the difference is that most of the Bush scandals were not glossed over by the Press. Unlike certain stories that only appear after people have gone to work and are displaced by the media as soon as the majority of people come home. Afterall, how often have we seen FAIR news. One day before the election, the job rate was up? The next day after the election, is when you hear that Ford is planning to let go 6000 people.

  • 4 votes
#1.25 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 5:44 AM EST

He was arrested BECAUSE of the video! The white house blamed the video on the death of Ambassador Stevens and Hillary promised to bring him to justice for causing his death. LIARS!!!!! IMPEACH NOW!!!

FEDUPWith FED: Absolutely true. Because Obama( who was proud of his islamic heritage) couldn't admit to the fact that an islamic attack attack happened under his watch after 9/11. So him and everyone else blamed the video for them dropping the ball.

He said: ‘I have made it clear that the United States government had nothing to do with this video, and I believe its message must be rejected by all who respect our common humanity. It is an insult not only to Muslims, but to America as well – for as the city outside these walls makes clear, we are a country that has welcomed people of every race and religion.

http://nexttruth.com/?p=6560

Even Romney accused Obama of sympathizing with the attackers.

MITT ROMNEY: “I’m outraged by the attacks on American diplomatic missions in Libya and Egypt and by the death of an American consulate worker in Benghazi. It’s disgraceful that the Obama administration’s first response was not to condemn attacks on our diplomatic missions, but to sympathize with those who waged the attacks.”

  • 6 votes
#1.26 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 6:00 AM EST

Hillary kept her promise to the families at the ceremony bringing back the bodies of the Benghazi 4......to bring to justice "those responsible" for their deaths....

Predictions for Hillary's replacement ??? She is leaving......John Kerry is lobbying hard for the
appointment....

Hey Fedup...

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#1.27 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 6:06 AM EST

How is it that people are STILL not clear why he has been put back in prison? Is reading really that difficult for us Americans to do?

This is NOT about the man's freedom of speech, this is NOT about his ugly little film. This is about him blatantly defying the terms of his release from prison.

He had two prior run-ins with the law. The first involved meth, the second involved fraud and prison time. He was under probation for fraud. He violated his probation--IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT HE DID TO VIOLATE HIS PROBATION. In fact, he called the police ON HIMSELF because his actions made him feel threatened.

The film was an atrocity. It caused riots in Egypt, Yemen, Tunisia, Morocco, Sudan, Iran, Iraq, Israel and the Palestinian territories, and protests in countries like America, the UK, France and even in Australia--ALL OF THESE COUNTRIES AND THOSE WHO PROTESTED WERE NOT IN LEAGUE WITH THOSE IN BENGHAZI! Spout your theories all you want, but this lousy movie enraged Muslims worldwide and there was no murder plot behind each and every protest.

If someone HAD insulted Jesus in a film in much the same way, then claimed the film to be a "truth-telling" about the religion of Christianity, how many of you would have been swayed by such a terrible production to abandon the religion that you'd been raised in, that your parents were raised in, that your entire community or country was involved with? NONE OF YOU. So why expect the Muslims to see the "truth" about Mohammad in some non-Muslim's lousy, overdubbed amateur production? It was never going to happen. This man did not make a movie to inspire change among Muslims and to open eyes; he made one to ridicule the second-largest religion in the world... and brother, did he ever!

Also, bear in mind that in American history, Native Americans/Indians were once considered little more than cunning animals who worshipped the Devil and had no ability to reason, and the general consensus among early settlers was that they should all be killed off in the name of Jesus Christ. Hate, anger and prejudice makes us blind. Stop for a moment and at least CONSIDER how many irrational emotions are and have been thrown in the direction of other religions and races over the centuries, and how groundless many of those prejudices have been.

  • 3 votes
#1.28 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 6:18 AM EST

Hey Mike! God help us if Kerry takes over for Hillary!

Thanks Unhappy!

The liberal media is feeding us LIES and people are dumb enough to believe it!

  • 6 votes
#1.29 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 6:38 AM EST

StandUpJokeOff...(#1.28)...."The film was an atrocity. It caused riots in Egypt,...."

The 9/11 protest at the U.S. Cairo Embassy, they took down and burned the U.S.Flag, Raised a Black al Qaeda Flag and were chanting " OBAMA, OBAMA, WE ARE OSAMA"....Not "we don't like a crappy video nobody here has even seen"....

Anybody concerned about the newly released Hollywood Blockbuster "Seal Team Six", on Nat Geo, heavily edited to give Barry-0 all the credit for bringing bin Laden to room temperature ???.....I'm certain it will bring great comfort to Jihadists worldwide to find out that Osama took 2 to the head and when he was still twitching, 6 more to the chest.....Allah Akbar !!!!!

  • 5 votes
#1.30 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 6:39 AM EST

Re: Obama/Osama bit... People will do and say whatever they want but that does NOT mean they represent an entire religion or country with their statements.

If so, then Westboro Baptist Church and their belief that our wars are punishment for homosexuality are representative of American and Christian beliefs.

  • 1 vote
#1.31 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 6:43 AM EST

FedupwithFed ...(#1.29)..."Hey Mike! God help us if Kerry takes over for Hillary!"

Worse than that....Hillary ain't gonna run in 2016.....She's already on the top of the Short List for P.0bama's next Appointment to the Supreme Court....That's the Lifetime Job she's always wanted....

  • 4 votes
#1.32 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 6:44 AM EST

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nYKcMAHERw&feature=vmdshb

Ex-CIA Spy: Obama's Secret Deal With An Already Nuclear Iran (Full Interview w/Reza Kahlili Part 1)
WAKE UP AMERICA!!!!

  • 5 votes
#1.33 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 6:47 AM EST

StandUpJokeOff...."Re: Obama/Osama bit... People will do and say whatever they want but that does NOT mean they represent an entire religion or country with their statements."

Comparing to Westboro is like comparing apples to moon rocks....I said the protestors AT THE EMBASSY ON 9/11 were chanting that....can't you make the distinction ???...It was personal and specific at Obama...

Done with you.....

  • 4 votes
#1.34 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 6:49 AM EST

Yes, and if Westboro members protested AT THE WHITE HOUSE... that is an attack on many servicemen and women in this country, not just one man.

The film gave them an excuse to protest, but it was protest-worthy in its own right all over the rest of the world. A group of extremists took it the extra step to murder.

    #1.35 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 6:55 AM EST

    So much for free speech under the Obama regime - first amendment down, second amendment next.

    • 4 votes
    #1.36 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 7:02 AM EST

    Worse than that....Hillary ain't gonna run in 2016.....She's already on the top of the Short List for P.0bama's next Appointment to the Supreme Court....That's the Lifetime Job she's always wanted....

    Oh, so THAT was the payoff for taking the blame for Benghazi? Some people have NO scruples!

    • 8 votes
    #1.37 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 7:12 AM EST

    None of the violations had to do with the content of "Innocence of Muslims," a 13-minute film that mocks the prophet Mohammad as a religious fraud, pedophile and a womanizer.

    Bullsh!t. Of course it was about the content. They knew they couldn't bust him on that so they had to come up with another excuse. The government are a bunch of liars trying to cover their own asses with this PR stunt of appeasement.

    • 3 votes
    #1.38 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 8:16 AM EST

    So much for freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and freedom of the press. Some of the crap he spewed in the movie was FACTUAL. We're all now so afraid of offending the muslims that we have to walk on eggshells. Welcome to being PC.

    none of what is in that movie is "factual," and the man is NOT being sent to prison for making the movie.

    Did you even read the article?

    Bullsh!t. Of course it was about the content. They knew they couldn't bust him on that so they had to come up with another excuse. The government are a bunch of liars trying to cover their own asses with this PR stunt of appeasement.

    This post is bull@!$%#. Sure, the film made him a target because of the attention it brought to him, but he was arrested for violating his parole.

    If you're in violation of your parole, you wouldn't go running naked down the street attracting attention, would you? You also probably wouldn't make nonsensical, divisive, attention grabbing films either, or at least you shouldn't...

    From my perspective, this predicament couldn't have happened to a more deserving @!$%# man.

    • 3 votes
    #1.39 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 8:39 AM EST

    A year? A MEASLY YEAR? They should drop that dumb SOB into the middle of TARIR square in Cairo with a big sign locked to him telling everybody in english and egyptian who his is.

      #1.40 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 8:50 AM EST

      Obama your lord and King signed a Global Ban on Guns with the UN the morning after the election. . . .You STUPID IGNORANT OBAMA Supporters good job,just wait till Obama's beloved World Community will be installing your GPS CHIP your hand or forehead,And the saddest thing is the Bible says your hearts will turn cold and your eyes will be shut to the truth Congrats on the win,You ushered in the end of times,Im glad I know where Im going,but I feel for all the generation of indoctrinated kids who never had a chance with parents that call anyone they disagree with stupid and liers.And to all that will call me names. . . sticks and stones my friends. . .thats what Obama will be calling for next, good old fashion Stonings and Beheadings to anyone who speaks badly of the Great O, !Yea Obamanation ! !

      • 3 votes
      #1.41 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 9:30 AM EST

      Ster2, it's time to get back on the meds. Here's a fact for you: It was GEORGE W. BUSH who first invited the U.N election monitors here to observe the 2002 mid-term elections to show transparency after the 2000 debacle. Also, please LOGICALLY explain to me how any of this is going to result in GPS chips being implanted into anyone? You needs some help, and by help I mean something other than what Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins can provide. The Left Behind books were FICTION, and not even very good fiction. There will be no stonings, no beheadings, and no GPS chips. Take a deep breath and get some lithium. Furthermore, and I don't want to get too off topic, but the Rapture is mentioned NOWHERE in the Bible. The entire thing was invented by a man, of questionable mental health, named John Nelson Darby in the 1830s. Google it if you don't believe me. Anyway, have fun in your alternate universe of paranoia. I'm enjoying reality, and I'm enjoying the fact that President Obama has been reelected. I couldn't have been happier to vote for him. Have a pleasant day.

      • 1 vote
      #1.42 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 9:47 AM EST

      This post is bull@!$%#. Sure, the film made him a target because of the attention it brought to him, but he was arrested for violating his parole.

      No, your post is bullsh!t because you believe in politically-correct censorship and kissing middle eastern ass. This guy wouldn't even been given the time of day had it not been for the film content and the press coverage around it. This is government covering up it's own corrupt butt.

      From my perspective, this predicament couldn't have happened to a more deserving @!$%# man.

      He should be given a medal for making that film. You don't like that? Tough sh!t.

      • 3 votes
      #1.43 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 9:49 AM EST

      Fed up with fed said;

      Making a movie is a violation of probation for bank fraud???? WHAT????

      He used the internet to steal peoples' social security numbers, set up online banking accounts in those names, then write himself checks from those peoples' real bank accounts to the accounts he set up, thereby stealing money. It's fraud, identity theft, grand theft of large sums of money, for which he was supposed to do 2 years in jail. He did 21 months, they let him out on parole/probation under the conditions that for the probationary term he have no access to the internet without prior approval from his probation officer; not use aliases, not engage in fraud and misrepresentation. by making the video (and one wonders where he got the money to make it) by putting out an internet casting call for actors to act in a film called 'Desert Warrior' and using a name not his own to hire those actors, he violated the terms of his probation. So back to jail he goes to serve his entire sentence.

      Even though "the movie" was on YouTube for months prior to the collective indignation of thousands of Middle Eastern Islamists all coming together on the eleventh anniversary of September 11th (through a wild coincidence, no doubt), we are being told by our government and our media overlords that we must blame the movie.

      A lot of the Middle Eastern religious imams told their followers about the movie--I will bet most of those who protested had never even seen it. They blindly followed their religious leader's instructions to go out and protest and some got themselves killed doing it. You yourself was commenting on the message thread where NBC news reported that the Tunisian government had jailed one of the imams who incited that riot. and you continued to insist that there were no protests over the movie even after I posted the below article clip:

      September 15, 2012, TUNIS: Four people were killed and almost 50 injured in an attack on the US embassy in the Tunisian capital on Friday by protesters angry over an anti-Islam film, the health ministry said.

      "Three protesters were shot dead, the fourth was hit by a car and 49 people were injured, including nine seriously," a spokesman for the ministry told AFP on Saturday.

      More than 20 police officers were among those hurt, said the spokesman, updating the toll the ministry had given the previous day of two dead and 40 injured.

      Violent clashes broke out on Friday between security forces and protesters, who were protesting over the anti-Islam film produced in the United States.

      http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/25/14689940-islamist-leader-jailed-for-inciting-deadly-attack-on-us-embassy-in-tunisia?commentId=71418122#c71418122

      You see, if we blame the movie for the burning of our foreign outposts and the brutal murders of four Americans (including our Libyan ambassador who was reportedly raped), we won't blame the burners and the looters and the murderers and the rapists.

      And as I also explained on that other news article about Imam in Tunisia, Ambassador Stevens died in a Benghazi hospital of smoke inhalation. He was not tortured, raped, sodomized or any of the other wild stories we've heard from the uninformed since the attack.

      • 2 votes
      #1.44 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 11:12 AM EST

      Amanda, I cant help it if you are delusional, but good luck with that

      • 1 vote
      #1.45 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 2:14 PM EST

      Vince,
      So nice of you to worry for my mental health,and I thought most Dems were just miss-informed,brainwashed,Bullies,however you apparently have taken the time to read the Left Behind books,I wasn't referring to the Rapture but Thankx for your non judgmental Rocking chair Psychoanalyst of my state of mind,And for what you refer to as my alternate universe, I wish you well in yours. . . .and your soul a good Day,I will keep you in my prayers,that your eyes will be opened to the Destruction of our America and what she used to be,we can not keep denying what's going on,signing a global gun ban treaty with the UN is disastrous ,a Country that cannot defend its self is set up to be a Dictatorship,if the Regular citizens of these Country's that have been annihilated and mass genicoide by groups with guns and machete's and their governments are usually involved somehow so no help from Big Gov,If they could protect themselves they would at least have a fighting chance,It just seems like our rights our being takin one by one,especially if your perceived to be a threat,and the Dems have been after gun rights for years.

      • 1 vote
      #1.46 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 7:02 PM EST

      One more thing Vince,
      It has been talked about many times and for several years,using a chip in people's hands and or forehead for those without limbs,for currency and medical chips for well your history,just in case you have a problem that would render you unconscious or an allergy ect.For currency,it was hoped to keep down identity fraud and just the convince of no paper money(it's Eco friendly)And it could be a Universal currency,They already use GPS for pets and cars,they can even control a car and render it undriveable.Im sure the list could go on but you have the just of it right?Paranoid or not,it is a very real possible solution to whatever problem they need to get folks to get them,and just like our SS was only to be used for onething and now we HAVE to have one( I didn't get one till I was 18) and use it for just about any big transaction,contract ect ,and nothing to be worried about Im sure.. . . . .

        #1.47 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 7:17 PM EST
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        Wow, even from a sketch this guy looks like a fat slob.

        • 3 votes
        Reply#2 - Wed Nov 7, 2012 5:52 PM EST

        I think it looks like your dad...

        • 12 votes
        #2.1 - Wed Nov 7, 2012 8:00 PM EST

        Gee, John. I thought it looked like your mother.

        • 2 votes
        #2.2 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 3:43 AM EST

        Oooh, gimme a piece of that!

          #2.3 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 6:33 AM EST
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          Anti muslim is not a crime, no more than an anti christian. Bubba or not, he had the right to make whatever film he chooses. See the the word choose, we do have that freedom - remember. Sometimes the truth just hurts and you live with it.

          • 29 votes
          Reply#3 - Wed Nov 7, 2012 5:57 PM EST

          True, LB, but he was not charged with the making of the movie. He is not being sentenced for making the movie.

          He violated his parole.

          • 14 votes
          #3.1 - Wed Nov 7, 2012 6:29 PM EST

          "He violated his parole."

          so has half of Detroit and Chicago , got cells for them?

          • 19 votes
          #3.2 - Wed Nov 7, 2012 8:01 PM EST

          How about catching the @!$%#s that killed our people in Libya? Thanks Obama for that. Freedom my ass.

          • 15 votes
          #3.3 - Wed Nov 7, 2012 10:39 PM EST

          Might want to actually read the article next time, LB.

          • 6 votes
          #3.4 - Wed Nov 7, 2012 11:52 PM EST
          Lenny12Deleted

          Sgation

          How about catching the @!$%#s that killed our people in Libya? Thanks Obama for that. Freedom my ass.

          Ah, we don't have instant gratification, how terrible! Let's see, it took ten years to catch Osama bin Laden; and just who was the President who got that one done, hmm??

          • 4 votes
          #3.6 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 1:10 AM EST

          Lenny the article stated that this man's film was the cause of happen in Libya & other parts of the middle east.

          • 1 vote
          #3.7 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 3:55 AM EST

          For LB. He agreed to give up that right while on parole.

          Here's an example to consider. A random person who hasn't violated the law can't be forced to refrain from consuming alcohol. However, a drunk driver can agree to not consume any as a condition of their parole. The parole is not a right, it's a gift. If you violate parole, you broke your agreement with the justice department.

          • 2 votes
          #3.8 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 4:43 AM EST

          Excuse me, probation, not parole. But same concept. Instead of being released early you don't get as long of a sentence.

            #3.9 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 4:52 AM EST

            READ the ARTICLE. The man violated probation on several counts, from using the internet without approval to utilizing aliases.

            This is NOT about a freedom of speech or religion issue! Geez, people. Do you know nothing about his prior violations?

            • 2 votes
            #3.10 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 6:24 AM EST

            This story should be a headline, given the controversy!

            I think obama would like this whole issue to go quietly away, and the libbie media is compling! The election is over and there's golf to be played, and lots of vacations to spend money on.... lol

            Benghazi is a political scandal much worse than Watergate, but it seems even the media would want to give obama a flyer on this one! Can you imagine the same response if a Republican's lack of leadership caused 4 deaths, including the brutal murder of an Ambassador?

            That's the real story here, not the stupid you tube video.............!

            • 5 votes
            #3.11 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 7:17 AM EST

            Eva Peron said:

            Benghazi is a political scandal much worse than Watergate, but it seems even the media would want to give obama a flyer on this one!

            I would imagine everyone's withholding judgement until the results of the Congressional hearing come out. Let's hold off until we know exactly what happened. Innocent until proven guilty, right/

            Can you imagine the same response if a Republican's lack of leadership caused 4 deaths, including the brutal murder of an Ambassador?

            Again, Ambassador Stevens was not murdered. He died of smoke inhalation at a Benghazi hospital. he was not tortured, sodomized, raped, or dragged through the streets as had been reported by the misinformed.

            sgation said:

            How about catching the @!$%#s that killed our people in Libya?

            In case you hadn't heard, the ordinary people of Benghazi were so shocked and outraged over this assault on the embassy and the death of an ambassador who they had known for years , liked, respected and was one of the few voices who called for peace and an end to bloodshed that a week after the Ambassador's death, they rose up, stormed the compound in which the militants were hiding and drove them out of the city. Thirty ordinary citizens died doing it, but it got done, and strangely enough, the Libyan military didn't try to quell that uprising.

              #3.12 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 12:43 PM EST
              Reply

              The American and Muslim IDIOTS that blame this film for the killing of any people are the BUBBAS!! The 1st Amendment still exists in this country!!

              • 25 votes
              Reply#4 - Wed Nov 7, 2012 6:04 PM EST

              How is this about the 1st Amendment?

              He violated his parole. That is what he's going to jail for.

              • 15 votes
              #4.1 - Wed Nov 7, 2012 6:30 PM EST

              hambone -

              Obama made him a scapegoat. It really is as simple as that. If it were truly about a parole violation as they claim, he would have been arrested for that almost as soon as he put the video on the web.

              • 21 votes
              #4.2 - Wed Nov 7, 2012 7:29 PM EST

              Bill, you do realize you're standing up for a guy convicted of bank fraud? That works for you?

              • 5 votes
              #4.3 - Wed Nov 7, 2012 11:20 PM EST

              Obama made him a scapegoat. It really is as simple as that

              Are you nuts? Obama had nothing to do with him he is being sent to jail on a state issued parole or probation violation. We will wait for you to catch up. Go somwhere else with the anti Obama BS. It did not work and people are tired of the propoganda machine that probably helped get him reelected.

              • 2 votes
              #4.4 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 5:17 AM EST

              I will go comment by comment just to remind people how "Reading is Fundamental."

              HE WAS A FELON WHO VIOLATED THE TERMS OF HIS PROBATION.

              This is not about his film, already.

              • 1 vote
              #4.5 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 6:25 AM EST

              It's all about the film. If the muzzies hadn't protested and caused a fuss, he wouldn't be in jail.

              • 1 vote
              #4.6 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 7:05 AM EST

              It's all about the film. If the muzzies hadn't protested and caused a fuss, he wouldn't be in jail.

              wrong. If he wasn't in violation of his probation he wouldn't be in jail, cause they'd have nothing to charge him with.

              • 1 vote
              #4.7 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 8:45 AM EST

              The movie sparked a torrent of violence in Libya and other parts of the Middle East, and dozens died. This is from the News above. . . .They still cling to this statement,even though they are charging him for probation violation for bank fraud,fine,great but why keep talking about the video? Obama nor his Administration said anything about holding him on any probation charges,just that they had the man who made the video in custody,and had his computer and would be investigating the charges.If he did violate then fine he should do the time,I wouldn't think they could pick him up on one thing ( the video) and charge him with another,but Im not an Attorney,It does appear that anyone putting out a video on any social media should watch its content,you never know when you too could be used for a scapegoat,or hurting someone's feelings and start a riot.

                #4.8 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 6:12 PM EST
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                LB Colorado & Bill,

                Of course he has the right to make the film. He also has a right to stand accountable for the hate and damage and death it provokes.

                Go ahead a yell "fire!" in crowded theater and then wait calmly for the police to arrest you afterward. Both you and society will have enjoyed your rights. Freedoms come with responsibilities.

                • 17 votes
                Reply#5 - Wed Nov 7, 2012 6:08 PM EST

                culheath, Where is your disdain for those that actually committed the atrocities?

                There will ALWAYS be movies, images, language, etc. that provoke extreme anger in those prone to it. Regardless, we must insist on upholding the principle that people are responsible for governing their emotions and actions. To minimize or redirect this responsibility in an effort to be "understanding" does a dis-service to society.

                Those that committed murder in the name of their religion committed a crime. They are the ones that should be held accountable.

                • 18 votes
                #5.1 - Wed Nov 7, 2012 7:48 PM EST

                uh , Constitutional midget , you running your mouth doesn't give me the right to knock you out , or does it? I wonder

                DonBo , he doesn't have any disdain for them , they are his brothers in mind and action

                • 5 votes
                #5.2 - Wed Nov 7, 2012 8:04 PM EST

                Just a reminder: Benghazi was a planned attack, but all the other protests against the film--in Egypt, Yemen, Tunisia, Morocco, Sudan, Iran, Iraq, Israel and the Palestinian territories, in Paris, America, the UK and even in Australia--were NOT.

                Someone who insults the second-largest religion in the world, one that comes from the most violent region on the planet, is poking a beehive with a stick. Plain and simple.

                • 1 vote
                #5.3 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 6:28 AM EST

                DonBo

                culheath, Where is your disdain for those that actually committed the atrocities?

                In exactly the same place I have reserved for all haters motivated by religion, racism or just plain old xenophobia; in my words of disgust for all of their willful ignorance.

                There will ALWAYS be movies, images, language, etc. that provoke extreme anger in those prone to it. Regardless, we must insist on upholding the principle that people are responsible for governing their emotions and actions. To minimize or redirect this responsibility in an effort to be "understanding" does a dis-service to society.

                You should apply the same sense of restraint you are calling for from the man who was pushing the buttons of those he provoked. Both were wrong. I am not defending one over the other, but neither do I excuse intentional provocation as a constitutional right of free speech or grant it some sort of amnesty of accountability or responsibility.

                Those that committed murder in the name of their religion committed a crime. They are the ones that should be held accountable.

                He didn't make the film to inform educate anyone, he made it to insult and to act as a provocateur. Now let him stand accountable for his provocation and the others for their reactions to being provoked. The 1st amendment cannot grant him a position of innocence in any of this.

                John Athondoe

                uh , Constitutional midget , you running your mouth doesn't give me the right to knock you out , or does it? I wonder

                DonBo , he doesn't have any disdain for them , they are his brothers in mind and action

                How old are you, I wonder.

                  #5.4 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 7:25 AM EST
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                  You gotta be kidding me..... I thought I was on left leaning blog.... I never agree with some of you guys stances.. yet and AMERICAN citizen did NOTHING WRONG.. and some of you said he deserves it?........

                  I'm a Christian and you guys have vilified me and called me (and God) all kind of "nasty" names... and this guy makes a film (which was never released... it was a trailer) and that some how.... on some planet... his freedom of speech was violated his parole?..... This is what freedom looks like under Obama;laaaaaahhahh.....

                  NBC... News Flash.... blogger arrested for sedition.... blog closed and computer seized.... film at 11...

                  (great... just great)

                  • 10 votes
                  Reply#6 - Wed Nov 7, 2012 6:14 PM EST

                  yet and [sic] AMERICAN citizen did NOTHING WRONG..

                  He violated his parole. Reading = fundamental.

                  • 13 votes
                  #6.1 - Wed Nov 7, 2012 6:31 PM EST

                  hambone -

                  Then why didn't they arrest him right after the 'violation'? If they knew he'd done the film - and they knew about it as they planned to claim that his film was the cause - why did they wait to arrest him?

                  Face it, Obama knew about it. This makes the filmmaker a political prisoner as it IS about his First Amendment rights and not about whether he 'violated his parole'.

                  • 8 votes
                  #6.2 - Wed Nov 7, 2012 7:35 PM EST

                  Odopehead and Hairy Clinton before they began their lies "duh, duh , blub ,blub, o, uhh , uhh" and after someone dug up this cat's parole situation "WHEW"

                  • 4 votes
                  #6.3 - Wed Nov 7, 2012 8:08 PM EST

                  Hambone you can't talk/type common sense in to these people, they don't have the ability to understand it.. A fly craps in their soup and they blame Obama.. These people are bitter about what happened last night..

                  He violated his parole by falsifying documents, but bank fraud is a'okay with the Right Wingers pissing and moaning about Obama..

                  Hambone as you can see this is an attack on Obama blog, and nothing to do with the fact the guy broke the law by using aliases..

                  Mitt should go overseas and be every-ones personal body armor now that he doesn't have a job anymore..

                  • 8 votes
                  #6.4 - Wed Nov 7, 2012 11:40 PM EST

                  Then why didn't they arrest him right after the 'violation'? If they knew he'd done the film

                  Wow some people are so dense....It was not even known who theguy was until after the attacks and even then it took the people in the film to identify the guy because he used another name. Why dont you right wingers even read before you post your crap.

                  • 4 votes
                  #6.5 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 5:22 AM EST

                  Breadex: Exactly! There aren't police detectives around to track down the lives of each and every citizen in the U.S. to see if they're doing wrong. It isn't until something occurs publicly, legally, or there is an informant in a related investigation that "evil-doers" (ha, what can I say, I had to do it!) are looked at with any real scrutiny. Until he screwed up and the film went viral, this guy was under the radar. He made his lame little production and it got an audience of ten people at a Hollywood film festival. At that point, it could and should have disappeared, and nobody would've ever known about his parole violations... but someone in the production end of it (maybe "Bacile" himself?) had it translated and sent overseas.

                  • 1 vote
                  #6.6 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 6:31 AM EST

                  "He made his lame little production and it got an audience of ten people at a Hollywood film festival."

                  hahaha...the fact that you lefties even accepted at your film party is in fact an indication of who lefties are "everyone has a right...then comes problem...then comes ignorance" , pretty funny

                  • 1 vote
                  #6.7 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 6:19 PM EST
                  Reply

                  This is just wrong !!! kiss your freedom good bye , what a crock of @!$%# and you got four more years before the black muslam obama will be out of office I wonder how many of our freedoms he will get rid of before he's out?

                  • 12 votes
                  Reply#7 - Wed Nov 7, 2012 6:17 PM EST

                  Kinda upset at the election results are you.

                  • 2 votes
                  #7.1 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 5:24 AM EST

                  LEARN TO READ, FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!

                  He is a CONVICTED FELON who VIOLATED PROBATION!

                  HE DID NOT GO TO JAIL OVER THE FILM, YOU MENTAL MIDGET!

                  • 2 votes
                  #7.2 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 6:32 AM EST

                  I wonder how many of our freedoms he will get rid of before he's out?

                  Name just one freedom Obama has taken from you?

                    #7.3 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 7:28 AM EST

                    how about the freedom to NOT buy something I don't need or want?...that's one...next question from the peanut gallery?

                    • 1 vote
                    #7.4 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 6:21 PM EST

                    You mean like car P&L car insurance or say license plates? I ask again, how old are you?

                      #7.5 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 10:01 PM EST

                      chumley

                      I don't have to buy car insurance if I don't drive a car...you really should update your stuff , most of your lefty pals have given up on that worthless analogy , what else you got?

                      • 1 vote
                      #7.6 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 11:45 PM EST

                      oh , I am so old that I don't buy green bananas , I am willing to bet that my nieces and nephews are about your age , they also have a lot to learn , I await your next retort from the lefty public school Speak and Spell

                      • 1 vote
                      #7.7 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 11:54 PM EST

                      You have the black and white, me me mine, rigid Randian contextual view of a young person, that's why I asked.

                      If your nephews and nieces are 63 then they are of my age group.

                        #7.8 - Fri Nov 9, 2012 12:11 PM EST
                        Reply

                        Welcome to the land of the wefare and home of the fatherless.

                        • 7 votes
                        Reply#8 - Wed Nov 7, 2012 6:25 PM EST

                        What?

                        • 7 votes
                        #8.1 - Wed Nov 7, 2012 6:32 PM EST

                        Peas on Earth: Please stop. There are millions of people who support President Obama and they all have jobs. They can take care of thier families and they are not on any government assistance. And another thing is not like all white people always want to work either, Believe me. I have worked with some of the sorriest and laziest white people. And alot of my friends say the exact same thing. So please do not go there. And alot of republicans didnt earn alot of what they have either. Alot of their wealth they were born into or either inherited. So please dont go there. So lets please not make generalizations about others professional life just because of their political affiliations. Just stop. Please stop.

                        And another thing this has nothing to do with the story. So could you please stay on subject. Next time please type something relevant. I usually igonore ignorant posts but your comments seriously bothered me. For one what you said was completely irrelevant and very offensive. Second, it was very false. Because there are alot of hardworking people who got plenty of money that support President Obama. You have multi-millionaires that support President Obama. It is a fact. Alot of actresses and singers and rappers stand behind him one hundred percent. And I want you to tell them that they dont want to work and that they dont work hard for thier money because they support Obama. So please stop. Your argument is not valid.

                        • 6 votes
                        #8.3 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 2:20 AM EST

                        Talking sense to these trolls, who must be getting their last licks in before the RNC fires them since they must be paid by the number of posts they make, is like talking to your shoe. Both have the same mental capacity the shoe and the troll

                        • 2 votes
                        #8.4 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 5:27 AM EST

                        Lol! Breadex. That is so true! I shouldn't have attempted it. You right. But I was trying to put some logic in somewhere.

                          #8.5 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 5:32 AM EST
                          Reply

                          This isn't about any "loss of freedom". That is laughably absurd, and why republicans lost the election yesterday. This is a violation of the conditions of parole, and it happens every day in this country. Felons return to prison, sometimes to serve out their original sentence. Absolutely nothing unusual or wrong about it. Your views show your ignorance, and logical error born of racism and bigotry. This guy is a felon, and belongs in prison. Also the film he made has caused enormous loss of life, and social unrest in many countries around the world. Freedom of speech in this country has no effect on the reaction in other countries. The film was one of the factors in Libya, in that it was a screen for radical action, but in many other countries it was the primary reason for riots, and violence. The truth may not fit your political agenda, but it is, however, important simply because it is the truth. Now.....back to the recliner and try to watch something besides FOX, it's bad for you.

                          • 9 votes
                          Reply#9 - Wed Nov 7, 2012 7:03 PM EST

                          So, I will ask you since hambone can't answer -

                          Why did they wait to arrest him? They obviously knew he had done the film as they used it for an excuse for Benghazi, and they knew that he'd put it on YouTube.

                          The reason is purely political. They needed a scapegoat, so they made him one. This tends to say that the lack of proper reaction by Obama and his administration was premeditated - and treasonous.

                          • 8 votes
                          #9.1 - Wed Nov 7, 2012 7:41 PM EST

                          To..Tammy """

                          That is so funny ....who on earth told you that nonsense...

                          • 4 votes
                          #9.2 - Wed Nov 7, 2012 11:46 PM EST

                          Seriously Tammy?? LAUGHS- does it hurt?

                          He was arrested for using an alias to obtain a license.. Can you read the article and stop worrying about getting on the blog to attack Obama.. He wasn't arrested for the movie, he was arrested for parole violations.. The moron brought attention to himself, and got popped for something else.. But a neo-con like yourself is perfectly happy when bank fraud happens..

                          Hey I knew you would use the toilet today, and wouldn't wash your hands afterwards.. I sound like you now.. I knew you would get on this blog and post something ridiculous, and repeat yourself over and over again, because you think you are smart, I think you are the opposite.. Now I am going to scapegoat you, and I think stupidity should be a crime..

                          • 4 votes
                          #9.3 - Wed Nov 7, 2012 11:48 PM EST

                          This tends to say that the lack of proper reaction by Obama and his administration was premeditated - and treasonous.

                          What? go look up treason in the dictionary.

                          Also I answered your other stupid post because obviously you are here just because you lost not because you have anything of value to add. He released the film uder and assumed name and it was not until after the attacks did they learn it was actually a person they had on paper.

                          • 1 vote
                          #9.4 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 5:32 AM EST

                          Tammy,

                          I haven't responded for two reasons.

                          First, breadex and others have done a better job than I probably would have.

                          Second, you wouldn't listen anyway. Your just here to blame President Obama for anything and everything. You have your agenda and no answers will satisfy you.

                            #9.5 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 10:48 AM EST
                            Reply

                            How do you say Political Prisoner in english.

                            • 8 votes
                            Reply#10 - Wed Nov 7, 2012 7:35 PM EST

                            Loser!

                            • 1 vote
                            #10.1 - Wed Nov 7, 2012 8:12 PM EST

                            you say it "half of America"

                            • 4 votes
                            #10.2 - Wed Nov 7, 2012 10:03 PM EST

                            How do you say "Illiterate"? Warren!

                            READ THE ARTICLE. PAROLE VIOLATIONS.

                            • 1 vote
                            #10.3 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 6:56 AM EST
                            Reply

                            Had it not been for the "the video did it" he would not have been arrested for "violating" his parole. If parole violation was the reason for his arrest, he would have been arrested when he made the video and posted it...... six month ago.

                            • 9 votes
                            Reply#11 - Wed Nov 7, 2012 7:48 PM EST

                            He posted it under an assumed name not his. It was only after the attacks that they determined it was him and even then did not know he was on paper. Jeez read before you post.

                            • 2 votes
                            #11.1 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 5:35 AM EST

                            You need to learn to read. He drew attention to HIMSELF. His loser film drew an audience of ten people to the Hollywood film festival it was entered in. Nobody would've noticed had it not somehow been "leaked" (maybe even by "Bacile" himself) and translated.

                            The man called the police on himself after the death threats started, for crying out loud! He was ASKING to be found out.

                            • 2 votes
                            #11.2 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 6:58 AM EST
                            Reply

                            Well obama needed a scapegoat and Hillary Clinton and this guy take the fall.

                            • 10 votes
                            Reply#12 - Wed Nov 7, 2012 8:31 PM EST

                            More pie in the sky.....Navyvet which you are not

                            • 1 vote
                            #12.1 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 5:36 AM EST
                            Reply

                            Mark Basseley Youssef, a 55-year-old Egyptian-American

                            There goes NBC calling out someones color, ethnic background, country of origin or other adjective that has NO purpose. Why not just leave the reader to conclude this is a HUMAN?

                            None of the violations had to do with the content of "Innocence of Muslims," a 13-minute film

                            Then NBC can you please tell me why the title of this article is calling attention to the film? Why do you mislead your readers thinking he was arrested for the film by the title of the article?

                            • 11 votes
                            Reply#13 - Wed Nov 7, 2012 10:39 PM EST

                            He gets a year for a parole violation ,big deal. If the Muslim world is so heavily influenced by inferior video why has it not dawned on anyone to make videos about tolerance and respect promoting harmony instead of hate? If that video was enough to inspire murder, think what a much better production promoting peace could do. We have the right to use free speech for good things too.

                            • 1 vote
                            Reply#15 - Wed Nov 7, 2012 11:14 PM EST

                            And Obama and his Supporters blame Bush And the Republicans and The Tea Party blah blah.

                            • 2 votes
                            #15.2 - Wed Nov 7, 2012 11:33 PM EST

                            I know. CLEARLY Roseanne Barr is at fault...

                              #15.3 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 6:58 AM EST

                              It doesn't help that the rich oil sheiks live like kings while everyone outside of their compounds, live like peasants.

                              It doesn't help that the rich 1%-ers live like kings while everyone in the US outside of their compounds, live like peasants.

                              Sad ain't it?

                                #15.4 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 7:38 AM EST
                                Reply

                                it seems they are easily indoctrinated to blow themselves up,perhaps they can be indoctrinated not to.

                                  Reply#16 - Wed Nov 7, 2012 11:24 PM EST

                                  Gotta love the cons who take hate speech and manage to twist it into being free speech then get all apoplectic about it when called out on it ..then play the poor victim of liberalism card...when as everyone knows free speech is and always was a liberal concept and bias ...

                                  It was so good to see you all neutered last night

                                  you'll never be able to recover ...no one believes your lies

                                  no one

                                  it's done

                                  • 3 votes
                                  Reply#17 - Wed Nov 7, 2012 11:50 PM EST

                                  On the other hand, if it's anti-christian art, it's free speech according to the liberals.

                                  • 3 votes
                                  #17.1 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 7:10 AM EST

                                  If I went into a Baptist church here in central FL next Sunday and started regaling a Sunday school class with my free speech about how Jesus was really a homosexual who had sex with all 12 disciples and that was really what Christianity was all about ...what do you suppose would happen to me in short order?

                                  Gotta love that free speech.

                                    #17.2 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 7:45 AM EST

                                    If you were disturbing the peace in a Baptist church, you should be taken and charged accordingly. That would be as stupid as this guy showing his anti-muslim video in downtown Benghazi for movie night! Of course, you would be charged and sentenced for probably disturbing the peace, whereas he would be immediately executed. so I think there is a pretty big difference! Why anyone does anything deliberately so offensive, I don't really understand, but we do have free speech, or did have free speech in America. We actually did have a person who came into our church yelling wild accusations and disrupting our service. He was asked politely to leave, and when he would not, our security personnel escorted him out and the police were called. It is my understanding that Mohammed did have many wives, some very young girls, so perhaps this video just hit to close to home.

                                    • 4 votes
                                    #17.3 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 8:49 AM EST
                                    Reply

                                    Nothing like getting sentenced to a year in prison for practicing free speech.

                                    • 3 votes
                                    Reply#18 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 12:03 AM EST

                                    sentenced on Wednesday to one year in prison for violating the terms of his probation stemming from a 2010 bank fraud conviction.

                                    Read the article, Sax..

                                    • 7 votes
                                    Reply#19 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 12:32 AM EST

                                    Thomas, He had already spent 21 months in prison for the fraud, The prosecutor had originally wanted 2 years so he served 21 months and now he is sentenced to an additional 12 months , This is for probation violation for which they have not actually proved that he in fact has violated his probation, He is accused of making the movie but they(the feds) do not know who posted it on the internet.

                                    • 5 votes
                                    #19.1 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 4:11 AM EST

                                    They didn't have to prove it. Reread the article...He admitted to 4 of the 8 counts. One of which was obtaining a fraudulent license.

                                    • 5 votes
                                    #19.2 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 4:51 AM EST
                                    Reply

                                    Thank god that the cops and courts could find some random infraction to punish him for his use of speech in America.

                                    Err, wait......

                                    • 2 votes
                                    Reply#20 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 12:43 AM EST

                                    That's the way parole violations work. I'm surprised he got just a year since it sounds like he's still involved in fraud.

                                    • 5 votes
                                    #20.1 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 12:48 AM EST

                                    That's the way parole violations work

                                    He was not out on parole, He was on probation, He had already served 21 months of his 24 month sentence.

                                    • 1 vote
                                    #20.2 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 4:13 AM EST

                                    Probation works in a similar way. You are on probation for a specified time instead of being sentenced to a longer time period. If he wouldn't have agreed to probation, they would have gone for a longer sentence. The distinction between parole and probation is only really in the penalties for violating them. They're both very similar concepts.

                                    • 3 votes
                                    #20.3 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 4:57 AM EST

                                    @skrekk - Thank god Clinton and Obama don't have to follow the same laws concerning fraud that the video guy does.

                                    Err, wait....

                                    • 1 vote
                                    #20.4 - Mon May 13, 2013 11:02 PM EDT
                                    Reply

                                    I suspect "Mark Basseley Youssef", or what ever alias he's currently using, will find justice in prison for the deaths he's caused. I doubt he'll last a month much less a year.

                                      Reply#21 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 12:46 AM EST

                                      Dear AP & NBC,

                                      Just a correction to your article. The infamous short film clip did NOT "spark a torrent of violence" in Libya. It's bad enough that our President lied about this for a month, but why do you feel you have to perpetuate the lie at this late date? Your chosen Messiah has won his election, so you can stand down now and quit your groveling.

                                      When did the national news media stop looking out for us? And when will Obama finally come forward to explain why he lied for so long about the details of the terrorist attack on our Libyan Consulate? And, while we're at it, when the hell are YOUR news organizations going to confront him about it? Ever???

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                                      Reply#22 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 12:48 AM EST

                                      And when are they going to confront Bush for all of his lies and heinous acts he comitted toward America and Americans? And another thing, is Obama only said for that two weeks. And the next week he corrected himself. And his security advisor is the one to blame. Even though he took full responsibility for lack of action and her bad desision during the presidential debate. Did you miss that? By your post, I can answer that question. Yeah you missed that.

                                      Please next time state facts. Oh, actually, he did say in the second week of the two weeks him and Hilary Clinton was linking the video to the attacks, that is was an act of terror. And that the riot was due to Muslim terrorists who planned the attacks carefully and struck. So actually yes, he did admit it. Bt yeah, also there was the other times that he claimed the attacks were linked to the video during this same week. But he come back a week late and affirm that this was an act of terror and it had nothing to do with the video. So like I said it did not take him a month. It took him a week. Facts are facts. Lies are Lies.

                                      One one point I do agree with you, NBC News, really should choose another title.

                                        Reply#23 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 2:40 AM EST

                                        I stand corrected. Obama only lied for 2 weeks. In his address on Sept 25th at the U.N. he spoke the following as reported in the N.Y. Times:

                                        Mr. Obama told the General Assembly. "There is no video that justifies an attack on an embassy."

                                        Security advisor to blame? Are you kidding me? Do you really think that Obama was out of the loop during that attack? It's just another lie, and I hope the House committee investigating it does their job and exposes this charletan for what he is. Incompetent.

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                                        #23.1 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 4:51 PM EST

                                        No. I dont think the President was out of the loop at all. But his security advisor admited on live television that the choice was hers and she made the decision herself to deny them more security like they had asked her. She decided to deny them. It is a fact. But President Obama did take the blame fully during the presidental debate. He took full responisbility for the incident. He admitted it. Even though I felt like both of them were wrong and should have granted their requests, I'm still not going totally discredit him and disrespect him. None of us ever agree with every single action our Presidents make, even if we did vote for them. That is a fact. But I still think he is a wonderful president and that he really cares for everybody in America equally. But I will hand you that one because you do have a valid point.

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                                        #23.2 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 11:18 PM EST
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                                        Any bets that if someone makes a "anti-Christian" movie the federal government AKA Obama & Holder will not do one thing! As if there were any doubts, this brings to light Obama's true religion and that is Muslim. I have no problem with that other than the fact that Obama appears to be a "closet Muslim" instead of just coming right out and letting the world know how he really feels/believes.

                                        I just can't wait to see who and how many shoulder the blame for Obama's failures over the next 4 years. The Bush horse should be just about dead now so Obama will have to find a new horse or should I say scapegoat to ride into the ground. One thing for sure is that Obama will never take responsibility for his actions when those actions reflect poorly on him.

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                                        Reply#24 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 2:54 AM EST

                                        I guess the diaperheads will start rioting and killing again because we didn't bury this guy up to his chest in the ground and then stone him to death. I think that's the prescription for blasphemy under sharia law.

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                                        Reply#25 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 3:47 AM EST

                                        How many days has Lyndsey Lohan served in jail for her numerous probation violations? Think about it.

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                                        Reply#26 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 4:07 AM EST
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