Free Lance Terror Expert Revealed as Sham

by Charles Lenchner · 2009-03-22 10:08:00 UTC
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I'm making up a bit for a few missed posts with some gems that caught my eye.

This is the story of a self-proclaimed terror expert making bank from lazy newspapers and right wingers eager to swallow made up stories that fit the bill. Stories like: Extremist Muslims Are Everywhere and They Will Get You Unless You Do What I Say.

Richard Bartholemew writes:

Tim Ireland of Bloggerheads has returned to the subject of Glen Jenvey, who appeared on the anti-Islam Obsession DVD as a supposed “Free-lance Terror Investigator“. As I’ve blogged a number of times lately, Tim has found strong circumstantial evidence that Jenvey made anonymous postings to a Muslim discussion forum as “Abuislam”, urging Muslims to “target” prominent British Jews for revenge over Israeli action in Gaza - in particular, he named Sir Alan Sugar, a businessman and star of a TV competition show. Jenvey then presented these postings to the UK Sun as evidence of Muslim extremism, and he was featured in a front-page story headlined “Terror Target Sugar”. However, once Tim publicised his concerns, the story was withdrawn, and the Sun is now fending off an investigation from the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) and legal threats from Alan Sugar. Tim has now uncovered lots more - and there’s a small cameo by me in the unfolding saga.

Why is this relevant? This joker is central to the team that produced and distributed the film 'Obsession' which was mailed to 28 million American voters just before the presidential election:

The unusual distribution of 28 million free Obsession DVDs by direct mail and in over 70 US newspapers has led to attention and scrutiny. The movie's depiction of Islam and Muslims, criticized as Islamophobic with a political agenda,[2] and the large targeted distribution just before the 2008 United States presidential election, along with Clarion Fund's origins, connections, and unrevealed funding for the distribution, has stimulated controversy and speculation.[3]

Within the Jewish community, these kinds of charlatans have a lot of credibility, as the hatred and fear they stir up is thought to serve Israel politically. For that reason, I'm happy to gloat at Glen Jenvey's downfall. A reasoned conversation about the dangers of Islamic extremism is relevant, and need not be racist or anti-Muslim. Jenvey's approach makes addressing this issue productively more difficult.

Charles Lenchner
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