Dennis Montgomery, who i call a master in convincing, is a computer expert was paid huge amount, more than 13 million pounds ($21 million) for the software which he developed which he claimed to stop Al Qaeda and other terrorist associated attacks.
He said to CIA officials that he developed a software which could decipher coded messages being sent among terrorists and his codes were able to find terrorist plots hidden in TV broadcasts made by the Arab network Al Jazeera.
He also said his software could identify terror leaders from photographs taken by aerial drones and detect noise from enemy submarines - and he claimed that his software "could save American lives".
But an inquiry by The New York Times has revealed him as a fraud and, it is claimed, court documents that would prove the software failed are being kept secret by the US Justice Department to prevent embarrassment to spy chiefs.
This software was found fake after individual probe by French officials suscpected hijacking due to lapse in security at French airport. There was even talk of shooting down the jets because it was feared the 'hijackers' would crash them into US targets in 2003.
Even as late as 2008 he claimed to have picked up intelligence that Somalia terrorists were planning to disrupt President Obama's inauguration in Washington DC.
But an inquiry by The New York Times has revealed him as a fraud and, it is claimed, court documents that would prove the software failed are being kept secret by the US Justice Department to prevent embarrassment to spy chiefs.
Montgomery has not faced criminal charges over his deception or been ordered to pay back the money.
- IANS Inputs
Via: [CNN-IBN]
He said to CIA officials that he developed a software which could decipher coded messages being sent among terrorists and his codes were able to find terrorist plots hidden in TV broadcasts made by the Arab network Al Jazeera.
He also said his software could identify terror leaders from photographs taken by aerial drones and detect noise from enemy submarines - and he claimed that his software "could save American lives".
But an inquiry by The New York Times has revealed him as a fraud and, it is claimed, court documents that would prove the software failed are being kept secret by the US Justice Department to prevent embarrassment to spy chiefs.
This software was found fake after individual probe by French officials suscpected hijacking due to lapse in security at French airport. There was even talk of shooting down the jets because it was feared the 'hijackers' would crash them into US targets in 2003.
Even as late as 2008 he claimed to have picked up intelligence that Somalia terrorists were planning to disrupt President Obama's inauguration in Washington DC.
But an inquiry by The New York Times has revealed him as a fraud and, it is claimed, court documents that would prove the software failed are being kept secret by the US Justice Department to prevent embarrassment to spy chiefs.
Montgomery has not faced criminal charges over his deception or been ordered to pay back the money.
- IANS Inputs
Via: [CNN-IBN]
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