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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. A 2010 Playboy Magazine investigation called Montgomery, "The man who conned the Pentagon" winning millions in federal contracts for his terrorist exposing intelligence software. 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".

Dennis L. Montgomery
BornJuly 9, 1953
Mena, Arkansas, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
OccupationSoftware designer

Career

In 1998 Montgomery co-founded eTreppid Technologies with partner Warren Trepp to develop video compression and noise filtering software for the gaming and casino industries. Montgomery and Trepp evolved their offerings for military applications and in 2004 won a no-bid contract with the Department of Defense. Following a dispute over software ownership Montgomery was separated from eTreppid in 2006 and formed a new venture with billionaire backers Edra and Tim Blixseth called OpSpring which was later renamed Blxware where he had the title of Chief Scientist. Blxware was dissolved as part of the Blixseth's 2009 divorce and bankruptcy.

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.
  4. Yellowstone Club Divorcee Entangled in Terrorist Software Suits, Bloomberg, August 29, 2008.
  5. TRUE BELIEVERS: Nevada company's troubles entangle Gibbons, federal government, by David Kihara, Las Vegas Review-Journal, June 7, 2009.
  6. Yellowstone Club Chronicles: The Edra Blixeth Bankruptcy, by Jonathan Weber, New West, June 11, 2009.

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