Steven Sotloff Video Was Released by Intelligence Group linked to Homeland Security and Washington Think Tanks | Global Research
Another facet of the story calling into
question its authenticity is the Sotloff family’s choice for a
spokesperson. “The family knows of this horrific tragedy and is grieving
privately,” one Barak Barfi told the Miami Herald. “There will be no public comment from the family during this difficult time.”
Barak Barfi is in fact a “research fellow” at the New America
Foundation, “where he specializes in Arab and Islamic affairs,”
according to New America’s website.[5] Barfi was formerly a visiting
fellow at the Brookings Institution. In 2011 Mr. Barfi strongly
advocated the overthrow of the Muammar Qaddafi government in Libya,[6]
and has advanced similar arguments against Syria’s Bashar al-Assad
regime.
