Israeli director in hiding,yet defiant

This is a political movie, said Bacile. The US lost a lot of money and a lot of people in wars in Iraq and Afghanistan,but were fighting with ideas.

Bacile,a California real estate developer who identifies himself as an Israeli Jew,said he believes the movie will help his native land by exposing Islams flaws to the world.

The two-hour movie,Innocence of Muslims,cost 5 million to make and was financed with the help of more than 100 Jewish donors,said Bacile,who wrote and directed it.

Though Bacile was apologetic about the killings as a result of the outrage over his film,he blamed lax embassy security and the perpetrators of the violence.

In an unusual development,The Atlantics Jeffrey Goldberg reportedly spoke with Steven Klein,a consultant on the film,who denied the existence of anyone by the name of Bacile. He reportedly said that Bacile was a pseudonym,and that the man in question was not Israeli and likely not Jewish. He said the director approached him because he has led anti-Islam protests.