In my April letter that we will send out to our mailing list, I will give you all the details about this shocking situation—but in the meantime here are some of the highlights of this elaborate deception.

A video crew arranged to come to AiG to visit the Museum, calling themselves First Word productions. At the end of their tour they wanted an interview with me in my office and they asked security for permission to drive around the back of the building to bring in equipment. Under the pretext of needed to talk to Mark Looy (who supervises and approves such visits) one of the crew distracted Mark—then, WITHOUT PERMISSION, WITHOUT REGISTERING WITH AiG SECURITY AS THEY KNEW WAS REQUIRED, AND WITH ONE OF THE CREW DISTRACTING ANOTHER AiG EMPLOYEE AND SHUTTING THEIR DOOR, THEY SNEAKED BILL MAHER INTO MY OFFICE WHILE I WAS WAITING FOR AN INTERVIEW—EVEN LOCKING THE DOOR AT SOME STAGE.

Mark had declined an interview with Bill Maher 2-3 years ago to appear on his “Politically Incorrect” TV program, when Maher wanted me to fly cross country (essentially taking two days out of my life) for maybe 5 minutes of air-time (and during which I would be mocked – Maher is a notorious anti-Christian). The situation above had even more sinister elements to it (which I’ll detail in April). When someone like Bill Maher goes to such lengths to get into AiG, it tells us how dangerous they look on this ministry—and how high profile this ministry has become.

Because I thought Mark had approved everything, I thought Mark must not have told me who the person interviewing me was to be. Bill Maher did interview me—though respectful in one sense, most of his questions were just mocking attacks on God’s Word. Once we realized what had happened—that he had been ‘smuggled’ into the building—we confronted the crew. They said it was a ‘misunderstanding.’ As a result, we’ve now totally changed protocols for media and other visitors.