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FBI Spy: "Islam Itself is a Threat to National Security"

Thursday, May. 21 2009 @ 11:34AM

By Nick Schou in Gimme That OC Religion, The Hilarious Haters

John Gilhooley / OCW

Craig Monteilh

If Craig Monteilh was hoping the Weekly's recent cover story about him would provide a springboard to media fame, he probably wasn't thinking of Inside OC with Rick Reiff on KOCE. But that's exactly where Monteilh found himself last week when Reiff interviewed Hussam Ayloush of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) for his thoughts about the FBI using a con artist--that'd be Monteilh--to infiltrate Orange County mosques. As he did with the Weekly, Monteilh used the show to claim he'd uncovered unspecified "terrorist cells" operating in Orange County but failed to adequately account for why his operation resulted in just one arrest--of a guy who lied on his passport application and who Monteilh surreptitiously (and allegedly) taped praising Osama bin Laden.

Inside OC reporter David Nazar asked Monteilh some probing questions. The show''s online clip keeps buffering itself ad infinitum, so I can't get the exact language right now--you can watch it here for yourself--but here's a rough synopsis of the interview.

Nazar: So you claim you infiltrated mosques for the FBI.

Monteilh: Yes, that's what I did.

Nazar: Then what happened.

Monteilh: I uncovered a bunch of terrorists who were planning terrorist plots.

Nazar: How did you do that?

Monteilh: I posed as a Muslim and gradually the terrorists tried to get me to join their plot. That was the plan.

Nazar: What do you say to those who point out that you are a con artist? Where's your credibility?

Monteilh: The credibility isn't from me, it's from the tape recordings I made. Ahmadullah Sais Niazi was arrested because of my tape recordings. An FBI special agent admitted in court that I made the tape recording.

Nazar: So did the FBI believe that there were people at the mosques who posed a threat to US national security?

Monteilh: Well, not really, but Islam itself is a threat to National Security.

Okay, so most of that conversation is a sloppy rehash of the actual interview, but Monteilh really did say that Islam itself is a threat to national security.

We can't wait until the FBI finally breaks its code of silence about Craig Monteilh. Love him or hate him, you have to appreciate the guy's ability to embarrass the FBI. The more he talks, the worse it gets for the bureau and the more obvious it becomes that this whole mosque infiltration fiasco could be the biggest blunder in the war on terror since the Iraq invasion.

20 Comment(s) / Post a Comment

merna says:

this guy is a threat to my sanity

Posted on Thursday, May. 21 2009 @ 4:24PM

Vinnie says:

uh, the Feds used Sammy Gravano to bring down the biggest most ruthless Mobster in history, John Gotti - you didn't see any Italians complaining about it or crying that they wouldn't work with the FBI any more...

Groups like CAIR - who's founders are convicted terrorists - give decent peaceful Muslims a bad name...

Posted on Thursday, May. 21 2009 @ 5:25PM

don'tCAIR says:

Craig Monteilh is a goof but that doesn't excuse the cretins that make up CAIR and I doubt this Monteilh clown is going to embarrass the FBI. They are capable of that all by themselves - see their history of cozying up to the CAIR organization as representative of the Muslim community, which they are not.

Anybody interested can do a web search and find the convictions of CAIR officials and ongoing indictments against them for supporting terror networks.

Posted on Thursday, May. 21 2009 @ 6:01PM

Kevin says:

Love him or hate him, he did infiltrate mosques. One guy was arrested. I guess we'll see the outcome soon enough.

Posted on Thursday, May. 21 2009 @ 10:50PM

Jefferey says:

He said Islam was a threat to our national security? So what. Islam is! 9/11/2001.

Posted on Thursday, May. 21 2009 @ 11:02PM

Scott says:

I like what Vinnie said about Gotti and Gravano. Basically, it takes a crook to catch a crook. The feds used Monteilh to catch Niazi. Is that a problem?

Posted on Thursday, May. 21 2009 @ 11:25PM

dre says:

Is the INFORMANT the FBI used to infiltrate the recent NYC terror cell considered by CAIR to be an "Agent Provocateur"?

He met the ringleader in a MOSQUE in Newburg NY - plotted with them to blow up Jewish Centers and attack NG Aircraft, made the bombs and got them a stinger. The Muslim terrorists then set the BOMBS outside these centers ready to blow, were on their way to shoot their missile when they were busted.

How's that for police work?

Damn Good Job.

Posted on Friday, May. 22 2009 @ 5:08AM

Johnson says:

I saw the footage from the show with Rick Reiff. I think the reporter Mr. Schou has the sequence of events all wrong. I thought Mr. Monteilh's interview went well with Mr. Nazar. And it couldn't come at a better time with the terror arrests in New York. I also agree with Mr. Monteilh that Islam is a threat to the national security of the United States.

Posted on Friday, May. 22 2009 @ 8:56AM

Willie says:

As long as the U.S. has a military presence in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Afghanistan and Iraq muslims will wage jihad on American soil. So yes, I agree, Islam itself is a threat to our national security. And I commend the spy for saying it.

Posted on Friday, May. 22 2009 @ 9:03AM

Ron says:

Why would a journalist write "a sloppy rehash of the actual interview?" As he put it. In those words. The actual interview is clear on KOCE-TV. Its on Inside OC with Rick Rieff. Nick Schou intentionally wrote sloppy work. How unprofessional is that?

Posted on Friday, May. 22 2009 @ 9:15AM

regina says:

i guess we will find out more when niazi's trial starts.

Posted on Friday, May. 22 2009 @ 9:34AM

Richie says:

The con man/informant did say Islam is a threat to our national security. He also said CAIR and its executive director Hussam Ayloush have ties to terrorist organizations. Ayloush did not deny it. He only made references to Monteilh's criminal history. Why didn't Ayloush deny it? Monteilh also stated CAIR was an unidicted co-conspirator in a terror case in 2004. This is all very interesting. As time goes on it seems as though this informant knows more than we all think. And I think CAIR/Hussam Ayloush do have terror ties.

Posted on Friday, May. 22 2009 @ 11:02AM

geral says:

Let's get something straight here!
The fbi/cia are the most dangerous & homicidal group of thugs and assassins in the USA today; in all likelihood they (the fbi hoodlums) set up the whole scenario, unlawfully entrapped the defendants, and sought glory from fools who buy it. "...the individual cannot delegate the task of defending his basic human rights-to dignity,liberty, and responsibility-to any group of protectors,..." be they clergy, doctors, legislators, fbi, police, judges. "For if the protectors are successful, they inevitably become oppressors...." Instead, the individual must as I have demonstrated muster all the resources in heart, mind and soul to resist and overcome as best he can the tyrants of his time; in the struggle the fortunate fighter maintains his dignity and prepares the way for successors to advance (with even more fury, resolve and purpose) the search for enduring Humanity in this often barbaric world.

geral sosbee (956)371-5210

Posted on Friday, May. 22 2009 @ 1:20PM

geral says:

Let's get something straight here!
The *fbi/cia are the most dangerous & homicidal group of thugs and assassins in the USA today;"...the individual cannot delegate the task of defending his basic human rights-to dignity,liberty, and responsibility-to any group of protectors,..." be they clergy, doctors, legislators, fbi, police, judges. "For if the protectors are successful, they inevitably become oppressors...." Instead, the individual must as I have demonstrated muster all the resources in heart, mind and soul to resist and overcome as best he can the tyrants of his time; in the struggle the fortunate fighter maintains his dignity and prepares the way for successors to advance (with even more fury, resolve and purpose) the search for enduring Humanity in this often barbaric world.

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Posted on Friday, May. 22 2009 @ 1:24PM

Omar says:

This guy got left out hanging by the FBI. He became a muslim in front of a few hundred people with the understanding he would receive witness protection (which he probably deserves). And now what do you think is going to happen to him? Those muslim fanatics will kill him. Does this guy deserve that? This should be a lesson to anyone who is or wants to be an informant for the FBI. Don't trust the FBI.

Posted on Friday, May. 22 2009 @ 1:39PM

myra says:

that's true everyone now knows who he is. the entire muslim world. he won't last long. the fbi did him dirty.

Posted on Friday, May. 22 2009 @ 1:43PM

I Agree! says:

I agree with everything you guys are saying about Craig Monteilh. I mean, I agree with the guys who say good things about him. I especially agree with the guy who said he agreed with the other guy about Monteilh being a good guy.

Just kidding! Actually this is Nick Schou writing under a pseudonym. (My real name is not 'I Agree!') I'm just here to let everyone know that all these guys and gals who agree with each other--that'd be Kevin, Jeffrey, Scott, Johnson, Willie, Ron, Regina, Richie, Omar and Myra--are using the same computer. Anyone want to take bets on whose computer that might be?

Craig, your thoughts?

Posted on Friday, May. 22 2009 @ 3:26PM

Saloman says:

I think we need to distinguish between few radicilize young people for there
Extremist views and do not label the entire Muslim word or Islam to be anti American
There are millions of ordinary Muslims who are fire fighters,policemen, serving in armed forces to protect and preserve American values and liberty. I see a lot of anti Islamic comments and rhetoric whenever a incidence like this happens.
Sal

Posted on Wednesday, May. 27 2009 @ 4:41AM

Hassan says:

I hope all of you know by now that the "terror suspects" were a pack of ignorant wannabe-Muslims. They regularly drank, ate pork, smoked weed, and didn't ever attend the Masjid. I've met converts like that before, and they're pretty much mental defectives from prison who wander in, say something ridiculous, and then leave when the Imam corrects them. That's exactly what the Imam reported in their case. None of the Muslims knew who they were. They were strangers to the community. One of the 4 was legally retarded and the other was a schizophrenic (Insane).

Nobody from the mosque joined the group because everyone from the mosque disagreed with the FBI's agent provocateur and pegged him as an agent. As soon as someone starts talking about violence and Jihad, we KNOW they are an FBI agent. So every few years the FBI will catch some literally retarded ex-convicts fresh out of prison in a terror plot PLANNED and SUPPLIED and INSTIGATED by an FBI ringleader. That is NOT fighting terrorism. It's inciting and encouraging the mentally disabled to commit violence.

As far as this guy goes, if he DID uncover terror cells as he claims, then how come he only got one arrest? The FBI would parade these terror cells around on a paper-mache float if they had them.

Posted on Wednesday, May. 27 2009 @ 7:13AM

M.R.Khan says:

The Huffington Post has a trenchant recent article on how the FBI is using con-artists to bribe marginal and often homeless or unstable individuals to participate in "conspiracies" for money which they themselves hatch. Looks like little has changed since the dirty era of Hoover et al. As for those bigots who think it is okay to subject American Muslims to these Gestapo tactics remember half of our population is of non-European background and we are painfully aware that your segment of our extremely diverse population has never paid reparations for terrorism and crimes from slavery to genocide and discrimination in this land as well as abroad. Our segment of the population will soon be in a position to turn such tactics against you-something to think about.

Posted on Friday, May. 29 2009 @ 1:26AM