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bluedigger

(17,086 posts)
Wed Nov 30, 2016, 01:22 PM Nov 2016

Arrested German spy was a onetime gay porn actor and a secret Islamist

Source: Washington Post

BERLIN Two weeks ago, German intelligence agents noticed an unusual user in a chat room known as a digital hideout for Islamic militants. The man claimed to be one of them and said he was a German spy. He was offering to help Islamists infiltrate his agencys defenses to stage a strike.

Agents lured him into a private chat, and he gave away so many details about the spy agency and his own directives within it to thwart Islamists that they quickly identified him, arresting the 51-year-old the next day. Only then would the extent of his double life become clear.

The German citizen of Spanish descent confessed to secretly converting to Islam in 2014. From there, his story took a stranger turn. Officials ran a check on the online alias he assumed in radical chat rooms. The married father of four had used it before as recently as 2011 as his stage name for acting in gay pornographic films.

Authorities on Tuesday said they had arrested him on suspicion of preparing to commit a violent act and for violating state secrecy laws. His arrest was first reported in Germanys Der Spiegel. But two German officials familiar with the case a senior intelligence official and a senior law enforcement official revealed significant details about his double life. They include his role in pornographic films, which could cast a fresh light on the judgment and vetting of the German intelligence agency at a critical time.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/arrested-german-spy-was-a-onetime-gay-porn-actor--and-a-secret-islamist/2016/11/30/57c44f1e-e068-4307-8ddf-848fda772306_story.html?utm_term=.ce7892ca4393



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Arrested German spy was a onetime gay porn actor and a secret Islamist (Original Post) bluedigger Nov 2016 OP
Starring in pornos is a well known gateway to Islamic terrorism. Buzz Clik Nov 2016 #1
This would make a hell of a saltpoint Nov 2016 #2
Why, Scott Baio, of course! He's due for a major starring role in SOMETHING, right? n/t TygrBright Nov 2016 #3
Perfect. Someone should contact his saltpoint Nov 2016 #4
What are you, a pro casting agent? bluedigger Nov 2016 #6
Johnny Loves Chachi Dr. Strange Nov 2016 #11
Reilly Ace of Spies bucolic_frolic Nov 2016 #5
Anyone watching "Berlin Station" on Epix? yallerdawg Nov 2016 #7
Fuck, I feel like a massive under-achiever. AtheistCrusader Nov 2016 #8
There's a whole lotta odd in this story rusty fender Nov 2016 #9
This has been one peculiar year. AngryAmish Nov 2016 #10

bucolic_frolic

(43,111 posts)
5. Reilly Ace of Spies
Wed Nov 30, 2016, 01:34 PM
Nov 2016

was a bit of a chameleon too

He was an agent of (oil company) corporate-government collusion
who infiltrated anywhere and tilted history at various points

Sounds like it's a profession for highly intelligent self-serving opportunists
who lack conscience and can change loyalties on a dime

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