this guys insane..

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Gary Brooks Faulkner told Pakistani police that he had been looking for Osama bin Laden since 2001.

Islamabad, Pakistan -- Gary Faulkner, the Colorado man arrested in Pakistan while hunting for Osama bin Laden, has been moved to Islamabad by the Pakistani government, his brother said Wednesday.

Dr. Scott Faulkner said Jim Flowers from the U.S. consulate in Peshawar, Pakistan, told him the Pakistani government is still questioning Gary Faulkner and that he has not been charged with anything.

Gary Faulkner, 50, was stopped near the border with Afghanistan's Nuristan province, Pakistani police announced Tuesday. He was carrying a pistol, a sword, night-vision equipment and Christian religious books, said Mumtaz Ahmed, a police chief in the area.

Faulkner told police that he had been looking for bin Laden since al Qaeda's September 11, 2001, and had traveled to the area several times before, Ahmed said.

Faulkner said he had no intention of killing bin Laden, but because of the weapons he was carrying, police did not believe him, Ahmed said.

Faulkner underwent a medical exam Wednesday. A Pakistani doctor determined that he has psychological problems and has been undergoing dialysis every 20 days, said a senior Pakistani intelligence official, who is not identified because he is not authorized to speak to the media.

A U.S. Embassy spokesman said Embassy personnel still have not had access to Gary Faulkner and were not aware of the doctor's examination.

Faulkner's brother, Dr. Scott Faulkner, said Tuesday that Gary Faulkner does not have mental problems.

"He doesn't meet any of the DSM -- that's the psychiatric manual -- he doesn't meet any criteria for psychosis. He is not schizophrenic. He doesn't have schizophrenia. He doesn't hear voices. God isn't telling him, 'Oh, Gary, go get him, go get him.' He's a normal person. He handles himself in society," Scott Faulkner said.
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"My brother is not crazy. He is highly intelligent and loves his country and he has not forgotten what Osama has done to this country," Scott Faulkner said.

A reward of up to $25 million is being offered by the U.S. State Department in return for information leading directly to bin Laden's arrest.

Gary Faulkner is a California-born independent contractor who has lived in Colorado since 1968, his brother said.

Colorado Bureau of Investigation records show that a Gary Faulkner has a lengthy criminal record of minor offenses that dates to the early 1980s. He served jail time on three separate occasions for various charges that included second-degree burglary, and was arrested as recently as 2006 for a traffic violation.

More recently, Scott Faulkner said, his brother felt the U.S. government was not doing enough to bring bin Laden to justice, "and he felt that he was, as a Christian, not afraid -- that he could boldly step out and that doors would be opened for him."

"And I agree with him," Scott Faulkner said. "The fact that he's been over there six times and has not received a scratch tells me that somebody's looking after him."

Scott Faulkner said his brother "could blend in with the local population and go places that our military cannot go."

"We have relationships with the Pakistani government: 'OK. You can go in this region or you can't go in that region,' whereas my brother could go about willy-nilly," he said. "He had a long beard. He looked like Taliban. When he

wore his robe, he looked like Taliban. The only way you could tell he was not was when he spoke."

In Washington, Tuesday, State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said the Pakistanis informed the U.S. government about the arrest, but he couldn't discuss details. "We want to talk to him, figure out who he is, what brought him to Pakistan, and we'll take it from there," Crowley said.

American detained in Pakistan moved by government - CNN.com

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I just read that this guy will probably end up in an institution for this stunt, good. Amazes me how anyone could think that they can find the most wanted man in the world with a pistol, knife and sword and kill him...esp. when the most advance military in the world can't do it, what the hell what he thinking and how many more nuts are there like this out there? I'm convinced Bin Laden is dead and has been dead for years anyway, not that this wasn't stupid if he were alive.

He returned back to the US today, unfortunately.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37871587...news-security/

[R13]

Wow. The interview is in the link, this guy is nuts.


Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- Fresh off the plane from Pakistan, Gary Faulkner speaks passionately about his mission to capture Osama bin Laden.

"There's a lot of people who talk," Faulkner told CNN. "I got off my butt, and I put my life on the line."

This wasn't some fly-by-night trip, according to the 50-year-old construction worker. He says it was his seventh trip to Pakistan, searching for the al Qaeda leader whose terrorist network was responsible for the September 11, 2001, terror attacks on the United States.

How close did he get to bin Laden?

"If I had a rifle, I could shoot him," Faulkner claimed.

He hedged a bit when asked if he had actually seen bin Laden.

"I haven't seen him personally but [he was] very close," Faulkner said.

He was equally vague when asked to describe how someone would go about finding the man who U.S. authorities have not been able to capture in nine years, despite a $25 million reward:

"You let the spirit [of God] guide you."

Faulkner, who is on dialysis for kidney disease, explained that his mission was not a one-man operation. He said he had a team of people in Pakistan helping him.
Video: Behind the scenes with bin Laden hunter

"There's still very many people that have helped me, and their lives are in danger," Faulkner said. "If anyone knew who actually gave aid, I could put their life in big-time danger."

In addition, he said he was being protected by Pakistani authorities.

"I was never arrested; I was never detained; I was never captured," Faulkner said. "For my protection, they had to bounce me around because somehow my cover got blown.

"So they helped me go from place to place to place only so no one could ... get an actual location on me until they were sure that the airplane in Islamabad could be boarded without someone seeing me.

"Because if someone saw me and you had a LAW's rocket, it's nothing to take a plane out."

There is no way to independently confirm Faulkner's account. He faces no pending criminal charges for his actions.

His brother, physician Scott Faulkner says Gary does not have any mental health issues.

"He doesn't meet any of the DSM -- that's the psychiatric manual -- he doesn't meet any criteria for psychosis. He is not schizophrenic. He doesn't have schizophrenia. He doesn't hear voices. God isn't telling him, 'Oh, Gary, go get him, go get him.' He's a normal person. He handles himself in society," Scott Faulkner said.

The widespread media coverage of Gary Faulkner's arrest triggered reactions of both praise and outrage.

Read about the internet reaction to Faulkner's mission

Faulkner dismissed both reactions, saying he was just standing up for his beliefs.

"You could say I'm a religious freak, you could say I'm a Rambo or a samurai or whatever," he said. "But ... I'm a person who said 'You know what, I'm going to get off my ass and do something.' And I'll be darned if I'm going to sit back and let anybody out there say 'Oh this or that' when they weren't there."

Faulkner blames media for giving the wrong impression for the Pakistani people and said he was treated very well.

"We may have differences in the way that we treat each other here and the way they treat each other there," he said. "I never felt threatened ... They've given me nothing but kindness and consideration."

He wouldn't say whether he plans to resume his hunt for bin Laden. But he said he left his pistol, sword and night vision goggles in Pakistan just in case.


Bin Laden hunter: I had help - CNN.com

[Jason]

How could he shoot someone with a rifle if he actually did not see that person? Must be some rifle.