Breivik maintains that Knights Templar network exists
Anders Behring Breivik maintains that there exists “a loosely organized network that identifies themselves with ‘the Crusader identity’” in his recent critique of the first psychiatric report which he sent to three Norwegian newspapers (VG, ABC Nyheter and Dagbladet), reports ABC Nyheter. According to ABC Nyheter, Breivik refers to the network as the “KT-Network” in the document.
Dagbladet apparently misunderstood one sentence in Breivik’s letter and reported the opposite of ABC Nyheter: that Breivik wrote that the Knights Templar is fictitious. After many other news organizations had re-reported the story, Dagbladet changed the article (see Google translations below) without notice to readers.
One of Breivik’s lawyers, Tord Jordet, later made it clear to Dagbladet that the sentence Dagbladet based its original story on should not be interepreted as meaning the Knights Templar does not exist. “He stands firm on that the organization exists and that he is connected to a secret network,” Jordet said to Dagbladet.
Breivik’s critique of the first psychiatric report is reportedly thirty-eight pages long. It is not known why the newspapers which received it have chosen to only publish fragmented pieces.
Google translation of ABC Nyheter article [edited for clarity]:
Breivik maintains claims of contact network
04/04/2012
In the letter Breivik has sent to VG, Dagbladet and ABC Nyheter from prison, he maintains that there exists a “KT-Network”, that is a “loosely connected network that identifies itself with ‘the Crusader identity’.”
He mentions three persons he shall have met in London in 2002 and “the Serbian” he shall have met in Liberia the same year. In addition, he claims that in the period 2002-2011 he shall have been in contact with two persons who have “all or part of their presence in Norway.”
“My use of the word Commander is a reference that is used in the compendium where I refer to myself as a cell commander. It is used in relation to me being connected with two other individuals/cells in Norway,” claims Breivik.
The question of whether Breivik had accomplices, have been central in the police investigation….
Original article: Breivik fastholder påstandene om kontaktnett
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Google translation of original Dagbladet article [edited for clarity]:
Breivik admits lie: Brotherhood does not exist
04/04/2012
For the first time Anders Behring Breivik admints that the secret brotherhood Knights Templar is just fiction.
(Dagbladet): Terror accused Anders Behring Breivik (33) now admits that the secret Knights Templar order he has claimed to be a part of have never existed.
“Does not exist”
This comes forward in a 38-page letter he has sent to three Norwegian media companies, including Dagbladet. The letter is Breivik’s attempt to rebut the court appointed experts’ assessment of him as a paranoid schizophrenic and the legally unaccountable.
In his manifesto, in interrogation and court hearings Breivik has claimed to be part of a larger international network, ready to carry out new terrorist acts.
Now he admit that this is just made up fiction….
Original article: Breivik innrømmer løgn: Brorskapet eksisterer ikke
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Google translation of revised Dagbladet article with new headline [edited for clarity]:
“It is thus a NON existing system”
04/04/2012
Breivik now admits that the secret brotherhood Knights Templar not is what he claimed it was.
(Dagbladet): Terror accused Anders Behring Breivik (33) now admits that the secret Knights Templar order he has claimed to be a part of has never existed as an established organization.
This comes forward in a 38-page letter he has sent to three Norwegian media companies, including Dagbladet. The letter is Breivik’s attempt to rebutt the court experts’ assessment of him as a paranoid schizophrenic and legally unaccountable.
“Does not exist”
In his manifesto, in questioning and court hearings Breivik claimed to be part of a larger international network, ready to carry out new terrorist acts.
Now he admits that this apparently never has been agreed upon….
Original article: Breivik innrømmer løgn: Brorskapet eksisterer ikke
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Google translation of final Dagbladet article [edited for clarity]:
Breivik claims “his brotherhood” was misunderstood
04/11/2012
Breivik now says [to Dagbladet] through his lawyer Tord Jordet that this [the sentence Dagbladet based a news story on] should not be perceived as if Knights Templar does not exist:
“He sees that this sentence [in question] can be interpreted in this way. But what he meant [in this sentence] was that it is a proposal for a medal, uniform and title system. He stands firm on that the organization exists and that he is connected to a secret network,” Jordet says to Dagbladet….
Original article: Breivik hevder «hans brorskap» ble misforsått
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