http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpps/news/gary-brooks-faulkner-snapped-up-by-pr-firm-dpgonc-20100624-fc_8297688(NewsCore) - The American construction worker arrested in Pakistan for hunting for Osama bin Laden arrived in the U.S. Wednesday -- and on returning was immediately snapped up by a public relations firm.
Gary Brooks Faulkner made global headlines after he was arrested last Monday in a forest in northern Pakistan, in a bid to track down and kill al Qaeda leader bin Laden -- on his seventh such mission to the region.
Faulkner, 50, arrived in Los Angeles from Dubai after he released with no charges.
On his return, public relations firm The Publicity Agency announced on the PR News Channel website that it was representing the "heroic" American, who set out to hunt down bin Laden with a pistol, sword and night-vision equipment.
The Publicity Agency -- which was founded by former TV news reporter Glenn Selig and counts former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagoejevich, who is being tried on corruption charges, among its clients -- released a statement saying it would tell Faulkner’s side of the story.
"I believe the public wants to know about Gary Faulkner, and why he wanted to risk his life a half-world away and try to do what so many, quite frankly, would love to do if they had the guts and time and know-how," Selig said in the statement published on the PR News Channel website.
"To many, Gary Faulkner is a hero for trying to hunt down public enemy number one because they believe he tried to do what should have been done years ago. Gary Faulkner clearly has an incredible story to share with the world and we will help him do just that."
Faulker, who was once a Boy Scout and became a devout Christian while in prison, had told authorities that God told him in a dream to avenge 9/11.
(...)
Printer-friendly format
Email this thread to a friend
Bookmark this thread
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
