Michael John Hamdani

A Pakistani Canadian document-forger and immigrant-smuggler,^[1] Michael John Hamdani (also Amarjit Singh Sangha, Azam Shah, Ranjit Singh, Ahmad Malik^[2]) rose to notoriety after he entered a plea bargain with authorities, and triggered a manhunt for five fictitious Middle Eastern terrorists he invented.^[3] Authorities were later chastised for crying wolf, and frightening the public with a terrorism alert from the information they had.^[4]

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^ Malkin, Michelle, The Report, "Despite the (Michael John) Hamdami hoax, Canada still exports terrorists to America.", February 3, 2003
^ Marcus, Ruth & Dan Eggen. Washington Post, "Wanted: 5 Men -- The Terror Alert That Wasn't", January 8, 2003

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[3] Malkin, Michelle, The Report, "Despite the (Michael John) Hamdami hoax, Canada still exports terrorists to America.", February 3, 2003

[4] Marcus, Ruth & Dan Eggen. Washington Post, "Wanted: 5 Men -- The Terror Alert That Wasn't", January 8, 2003

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