J.J. Johnson of the Sierra Times reports. Excerpt:
Las Vegas – As reported on June 26, the Federal Bureau of [I]nvestigation had threatened Henderson resident Michael Hamdan with arrest for giving false information related to a possible July 4th terrorist threat based on an FBI administered polygraph. Sierra Times has learned that Hamdan recently took a second independent polygraph test – and passed with flying colors.
Edward Gonzales, a Nevada licensed examiner administered the examination on July 22. At issue was the infamous phone call that Hamdan said he overheard via cell phone on June 15:
“..We are in the city of corruption. We are in the city of gambling and prostitution. And they are talking about freedom. We are going to hit them on their day of freedom.”
Although he insists he heard the phone call spoken in Arabic, the FBI made the following statement after interviewing Hamdan:
“The FBI’s investigation into the allegations made by Michael Hamdan is substantially complete. The remainder is expected to be concluded in the next several days. Results of the investigation to date do not substantiate these allegations and the FBI has determined that this information is not credible.” – FBI Press Release – June 21, 2002
According to the polygraph report that was obtained by The Sierra Times, Hamdan “did not lie to the agents about hearing that conversation in Arabic”
The report gave Hamdan an “NDI” (No [D]eception Indicated) score of +9.
The above-linked article also provides copies of the polygraph report prepared by polygrapher Edward Gonzalez.