Interesting links. I had heard that Montgomery may have provided the drives to Sherriff Arpaio for analysis, since he was into national conspiracies such as the Obama birth certificate, etc. I had subsequently thought this landed credibility to his claims.
The first link appears to be an analysis by former NSA types, whose credibility on this could be fairly questioned if there is indeed something to hide. It was also uploaded by “Jack Ryan” who is likely a reference to the fictional character.
The second link seems much more legit, and references what appears to be a court document that attests that Arpaio might not have been happy with Montgomery’s claim.
Per Larry Klayman, of Judicial Watch fame, he is representing Montgomery in a new court case against the FBI, who is suspected of mass corruption at the moment, so that is where my initial loyalty would lie. However, I have no way to knowing the truth yet, and that is solely what I’m interested in, so I will definitely look into this further. Thanks for sharing, and if you have any more details please do post them to this relevant thread.
Klayman represented Montgomery in his defamation lawsuit against James Risen. The court granted a summary judgement and wrote an interesting and detailed opinion.
The appeals court also wrote an opinion that summarized the case.
As I understand the timeline, Montgomery sued Risen and his publisher for defamation, Risen through the discovery process wanted Montgomery to produce his software so experts could evaluate its capabilities. Montgomery refused, Risen asked the court to order him to produce it, two days before a hearing was set for the court to hear arguments about the discovery motion Montgomery turned the hard drives over to the FBI and then claimed he could not produce the software because his only copy was in the drives he gave to the FBI. Then later both he and Klayman told the court they weren’t sure if the software was on any of the drives.
Essentially the same thing happened in a Nevada court. In that case the CIA reportedly told the court Montgomery’s software was not classified. I took that to mean it didn’t work something that was at the heart of Risen’s chapter on Montgomery.
IMO, Montgomery is a con man.