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Was ‘Innocence of Muslims’ Director Also an Informant?

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Nakoula’s past doesn’t add up to some in law enforcement. By Christine Pelisek and Michael Daly.

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When the police pulled Nakoula Basseley Nakoula over outside Los Angeles on March 27, 1997, he had $45,000 in hundreds and twenties in a paper lunch bag on the seat beside him.

Fifteen years would pass before Nakoula would become known as the man who helped set the Mideast

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