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New York Times
November 25, 2012
But his studio has been used to produce “Wake Up America,” a program hosted by Steve Klein, an insurance salesman in Hemet, Calif., and a staunch anti-Islam ... He explained that using the name Sam Bacile, he created a Facebook account before production started and then the YouTube account.
CBS News
September 28, 2012
LOS ANGELES A federal judge on Thursday ordered the man behind a crudely produced anti-Islamic video that inflamed parts of the Middle East to be detained because he is a ... Steve Klein, an insurance agent in Hemet and outspoken Muslim critic, has said he was a consultant and promoter for the film.
The Week Magazine
September 18, 2012
The L.A. Times' source, an unidentified police officer who spoke with The Daily Beast, and Steve Klein, a Christian anti-Islam activist who advised on the film, ... A YouTube user, "Sam Bacile," uploads "Muhammad Movie Trailer," the 14-miunte clip that is all almost anyone has seen of the movie to date.
Salon
September 14, 2012
The Vietnam veteran, who says Muslims have “no choice but to hunt Jews and Christians down, torture us and murder us,” has been pushing Coptic Christians to join his anti-Muslim crusade for years. A hard-line Christian nationalist who conducts paramilitary trainings with Christian groups across theÃâà...
Los Angeles Times
September 14, 2012
Los Angeles tour guide Brian Donnelly and his girlfriend were strolling through Hollywood in June when an anti-Muslim movie poster at the Vine ... Hemet insurance agent Steve Klein, who worked as a consultant on the film and is founder of the group Courageous Christians United, said the intent of filmÃâà...
Business Insider
September 13, 2012
In interviews given early this week, the filmmaker behind the crude anti-Muslim film that sparked riots in the Middle East identified himself as an Israeli Jew. ... Finally, they say that Steve Klein, who is reported to have consulted on "Innocence of Muslims," said he has taped a television show called "Wake UpÃâà...
Wired (blog)
September 13, 2012
Basseley swears he's not "Sam Bacile," the director and writer of the movie; he just happens to have a similar name, and coincidentally was found at the .... A 61-year-old former Marine who works in the insurance business, Klein founded the anti-abortion and anti-Islamic group Courageous ChristiansÃâà...
The Atlantic
September 12, 2012
As part of my search for more information about Sam Bacile, the alleged producer of the now-infamous anti-Muhammad film trailer "The Innocence of Muslims," I just called a man named Steve Klein -- a self-described militant Christian activist in Riverside, California (whose actual business, he said, is inÃâà...
