Posted on 09/15/2012 1:08:09 AM PDT by bd476
Just after midnight, authorities descended on the Cerritos home of the man believed to be the filmmaker behind the anti-Muslim movie that has sparked protests and rioting in the Arab world.
Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies escorted a man believed to be Nakoula Basseley Nakoula to an awaiting car. The man declined to answer questions on his way out and wore a hat and a towel over his face. He kept his hands in the pocket of a winter coat.
Sheriff's officials could not be reached by The Times, but department spokesman Steve Whitmore told NBC4 that deputies assisting the federal probation department took Nakoula to the sheriff's substation in Cerritos for interviewing.
Authorities waited until most media had left for the day.
Earlier Friday, sheriff’s deputies had to escort attorneys through a scrum of news cameras into Nakoula’s home. This time, authorities only had to avoid a lone photographer for The Times and a few other lingering reporters.
Nakoula has told the Associated Press he was a logistics manager on the "Innocence of Muslims" movie, not the director. He told a Coptic bishop Thursday that he had no role in it, the clergyman told The Times.
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did you hear that the film maker had been working with the feds? lol you can’t make this crap up.
I wouldn’t be a bit surprised if the cia or fbi are behind this whole mess.
Ya gots to have a boogie man out there to keep that defense budget high.
I wouldn’t be a bit surprised if the cia or fbi are behind this whole mess.
Ya gots to have a boogie man out there to keep that defense budget high.
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