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June 30, 2016
VERO BEACH, FL – (TRUNEWS) Orlando's Walt Disney World may be the target of an Islamic terrorist attack on July 4. The stunning plot is allegedly financed by a man in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) identified as "Dr. Rice." He is also referred to as "the Sheikh."According to emails to city and federal officials, the UAE man offered $25 million to a former law enforcement investigator in the United States to organize the operation.
The informant contacted a Florida-based private investigator who identified himself in an email as a "former FBI operative." The informant is also a private investigator. TRUNEWS has verified the names and the current professional employment of both men as private investigators in Florida.
The informant contacted the private investigator on May 29, 2016. The date stamp on the email was 4:23 PM. The subject line said: "like to have you in this game."
The email text stated:
The informant said the UAE man called him on May 18 at 2:10 PM and offered a large amount of U.S. dollars to "do some major damage here in central Florida." The informant also said "he wants it done on the 4th of July and tells that he has 3 operatives already paid if I am not interested.""I have recently and inadvertently come into contact with an individual who purports to be located in the UAE. I have gotten a total of 4 telephone calls from him and a boatload of whatsapp text from an associate of his of which I've saved all the call I.D. notations and text. This man carries a thick Indian accent. He has admitted to financing the Manchester United football stadium bombing in the U.K."
The private investigator immediately passed on the information to an agent at the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The email from the investigator to an FBI agent was dated May 29, 2016. Additionally, the private investigator sent the warning to Geraldo Rivera at Fox News, Keith Landry at Fox TV, and Pilar Melendez at CNN. TRUNEWS could not find any evidence that Fox News, Fox TV, or CNN ever publicly reported the threat to strike Walt Disney World (WDW) on July 4.
TRUNEWS obtained the email and subsequent correspondence to Orlando, Orange County, and FBI officials directly from the main website of the Orlando city government. The trove of emails was stored in an unprotected folder without any encryption. No hacking was necessary since the folder was available to anybody who searched the city's website. TRUNEWS investigative journalists stumbled onto the folder while searching the city's website for information related to the shooting spree at the Pulse nightclub on June 12.
TRUNEWS is withholding publication of the names, titles, locations, telephone numbers, and email addresses of U.S. law enforcement officials and both informants named in the emails. Some of the emails contain the email addresses of CIA Director John Brennan and FBI Director James Comey.
The private investigator replied to the U.S.-based informant at 9:22 PM on May 29, 2016. He asked the informant:
"So, do you want me to work with you investigating the threats or help get you full immunity from the United States Government, with pay, protection, and all necessary immunity documents to protect you and me, in return for all the information you have and possibly infiltrating said persons and arrest those responsible? You know this sounds crazy what you have written, but it is my job and I have chased down crazier hounds and have gotten great results. Every threat is a threat."