he went by sam basile at that phone. he told one of our producers his name was sam imeal. associated press his name was something else. one of conditions of his probation is that he go by no other name other than his legal name, nakoula basseley nakoula. unless he got permission from his probation officer. this is a man who was going by sam basile, he had 17 aliases before he was convicted of fraud and identity theft. don? >> great work, thank you, miguel marquez. we appreciate it. >>> we're awaiting the return of a u.s. astronaut and two russian cosmonauts. we go live as their capsule lands in just a moment. >>> there is, it's just landing, after four months of floating around the earth, the soyuz is landing now. the u.s. astronaut, joe acaba. the russian soyuz just landed. that was after 125 days in space. they are landing now in kazakhstan. we're looking at that, this is coming from nasa television. the northern part of the country is where it is, in the desert region. i expect the odd feeling, the affects of gravity on your body. we'll show it to you now as it hit. let

the man has admitted to managing the production company and cindy says it film maker used a same sam basille changed the script he said tell the world it wasn't you that did it, it was me, the one who wrote the script because i'm tired of radical muslims running around, killing everyone. >> federal authorities say the man is behind the film, a 55-year-old california man a christian one convicted of financial crimes, it's believed he made up the identity of sam basille, the alleged film director. coming up, social media sites providing a platform for some to try to calm the unrest in the middle east. >> there is a close friend of chris stevens talking about the mission in libya and failed security measures at the u.s. consulate. abc 7 news is live at the uc berkeley campus. >> there is a united nations mediator and a visiting scholar, today he's mourning the loss of a friend and asking about the poor security allowing the ambassador chris stevens and three others to be killed in the eastern city. >> this is the first time an ambassador has been lost in more than 30 years. >> they had a friend

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can you sue you this sam basil? >> i can certainly do that very well, geraldo. can sue him for intentional infliction and i can sue him for defamation and sue him for slander, break o breach of con. a whole lot of stuff. i could sue him for doing a crap film and scaring the hell out of every single one of my clients. whether i'm going to collect money from him is a whole different story. but my clients is aren't really here for money. they are here for vindication. they are sorry. they are ashamed that they did this thing and they didn't get any access from their director and filllemaker and ended up on the editing floor what they thought was going to be an educational film and historical. some were just good bit players and extras. they ended up bying edited out and edited in to it a whole antimuslim schemeatic that this lunatic had. it is absolutely insane. and we will get him. we will litigate. we will be filing next friday a summons and complaint and serving him or try and attempt to serve him through his criminal lawyer who is handling the federal investiga

cbs news hasn't been able to find any record of sam basil the person identified as the filmmaker. the name may be an ali as. steve kline was involved on the film. he said he has no regrets. >> i could not have done a better job than to point out how dangerous these people are. the blood is on their hands not mine. >> reporter: the film's actors released a joint statement. one identified as cindy said she confronted the filmmaker after seeing the clips on youtube. >> i said why did you do this to us? i said you put us out there. he said, you know, this isn't your fault. he said you tell the world that i did this. that i did this. he was tired of radical muslims killing people. >> google which owns youtube pulled down the clips. independent report concludes a u.s. military strike against iran would risk a major war in the middle east. the report due out today was put together by former u.s. government officials and retired military officers. it concludes extended strikes against iran could destroy its nuclear facilities but only a temporary setback in iran's nuclear program. >>> a d

reporter: police identified him as 55-year-old nakoula basseley nakoula, who used the assumed name sam basilend is a member of egyptian christian coptic church. records obtained by abc news show nakoula was convicted of manufacturing methamphetamine in the 1990s and was later sent to prison on bank fraud charges, where he told authorities he wrote the film's script. he was released from prison in june 2011 and production began just two months later at this sound stage in california. actors say they were duped, told they were in a film to be called "desert warrior." the role of mohammed was listed as george, and its anti-islamic message was not in the script. >> i just want the world to know that i did not know. >> reporter: actress cindy garcia says the scene in which she accuses master george of being a pedophile, was over-dubbed with the word muhammad, replacing master george. >> i never said muhammad. i never heard muhammad. >> reporter: as to throw more fuel on the flames, nakoula told reporters he was an israeli jew and that the jews financed the film. authorities tell abc news he's admi

attack yesterday was apparently triggered by a film, a film produced by an american by the name of sam basil. considered by many to be highly offensive to islam. again, a film. these murders taking place in a country that the united states helped to liberate from the dictator moammar gadhafi and a mob attacked the embassy in cairo, egypt, yesterday. climbing the embassy walls. tearing down and ripping apart the united states flag. it's unclear if the attacks were koord natded or plans to con side with the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks here in america. but moments ago, our president obama spoke out about these killings. >> the united states condemns in the strongest terms this outrageous and shocking attack. we're working with the government of libya to secure our diplomats. i've always directed my administration to increase our security at diplomatic posts around the world and make no mistake. we will work with the libyan government to bring to justice the killers who attacked our people. >> we're covering this story from as many angles that cnn has all over the world and beginning in

. >> let's talk about the film maker sam basill. as israeli-american. the film. what do you think is going to happen to him if it's proven it had something to do with it? >> there are reports he's in hiding, but there's also the case that nobody by that name exi exists. so it even adds another layer of controversy to what is happening. and i think the real place that the federal authorities need to look is to pastor terry jones and also the individual morris zedeke. >> thank you. e we appreciate it. >>> sadly we're now hearing how the americans died in the attack. we're live at the state department, next. nt advice ttd#: 1-800-345-2550 you get at some places. ttd#: 1-800-345-2550 they say you have to do this, have that, invest here ttd#: 1-800-345-2550 ttd#: 1-800-345-2550 you know what? ttd#: 1-800-345-2550 you can't create a retirement plan based on ttd#: 1-800-345-2550 a predetermined script. ttd#: 1-800-345-2550 to understand you and your goals... ttd#: 1-800-345-2550 ...so together we can find real-life answers for your ttd#: 1-800-345-2550 real-li

we now know that sam basille is a pseudonym. he is in hiding now. tony? >>> now to today's top stories, new efforts in the search for a suspect following the murder of a 17-year-old girl in prince george's county. honor student amber stanley was shot and killed during a home invasion last month. today police will be talking with community members and passing out flyers in an attempt to reach out to the public for help. >>> a prince george's county high school is paying tribute to one of its students gunned down earlier this week. the 11th grader was shot and killed tuesday. students at central high school will wear light blue shirts and gather on the school's football field to release blue balloons this afternoon. last night friend gathered for a vigil in his honor. many are left with questions as to why this happened to someone who always made others laugh. >> i don't know somebody decided just to be evil, or if somebody was mistaking him for somebody else or he had something they wanted and took it. >> it will be the smallest tip that will close it case

we're learning a lot more about how sam basil made this film. >> do you like hollywood?een in hollywood a week when she answered an ad on craigslist for an action adventure film called desert warrior. >> first job, first week in l.a., just moved out here. >> she met this man seen here for the first time on u.s. division. she says he was in charge of everything. >> was it your sense he was the writer and producer? >> yes. i really believe he was the writer. he definitely was the producer. he was the one writing the checks, handing out the money. he was running the show. >> under the same sam ba sill. >> uh-huh. >> the shoot a little weird but never talk of politics or religion. they thought they were making a low budget, cheesy film with little plot. >> we wondered what it was about. they kept saying george. this is the middle east 2,000 years ago. who is george? we don't normally ask questions. >> george turned out to be the muhammed character. >> he did. >> the script handed out piecemeal, sometimes late at night and hours before a shoot. she was asked to come in after

basile, his real name nakoula basseley nakoula was in prison for manufacturing methamphetamine. this time in federal prison for fraud. these are some of the documents for criminal cases against samcile or nakoula basseley nakoula. it is clear by going through these that investigators had a hard time tracking him down as well. the guy had several addresses, many social security numbers, and lots of names. court documents show he used at least 17 different names including sam bacile, p.j. tobacco and thomas tanas. anybody having to do with sam bacile is scared. this is a neighborhood in long beach, a man who lives here says that nakoula basseley nakoula used his address to get credit cards and conduct some of the fraudulent activity that he carried out. he found out about it, called the police, and hasn't seen him since. numbers associated with bacile's many identities turned up nothing. >> the number you dialed is not a working number. >> reporter: anti-islamists who worked with him didn't know who he was. the same is true for the actors. >> he told me he was from israel. he told me he was going to show the movie in egypt. and either i assumed he was from egypt or -- >> or led yo