Dennis L. Montgomery

Dennis Lee Montgomery (born 1953) is an American software designer and former medical technician who sold federal officials computer programs he claimed would decode secret Al Qaeda messages hidden in Al Jazeera broadcasts and identify terrorists based on predator drone videos.[1] A 2010 Playboy Magazine investigation called Montgomery, "The man who conned the Pentagon" winning millions in federal contracts for his terrorist exposing intelligence software.[2] The software was later exposed as an elaborate "hoax" and Montgomery's own lawyer Michael J. Flynn called him a "con artist" and "habitual liar engaged in fraud".[3]

References

  1. ↑ Hiding Details of Dubious Deal, U.S. Invokes National Security, by Eric Lichtblau and James Risen, New York Times, February 19, 2012.
  2. ↑ The Man Who Conned the Pentagon, by Aram Roston, Playboy Magazine, January 2010.(subscription required)
  3. ↑ Software fraudster fooled CIA into terror alert, by Christopher Williams, The Register (UK), December 24, 2009.