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| Amateur Group Catches Terrorists on Internet |
| 2004-05-20 |
| A city judge and mother of three from Conrad [Montana] used the Internet to help authorities nab a National Guardsman accused of trying to aid Al-Qaida. Judge Shannen Rossmiller, 33, is a key witness in the case against Spc. Ryan G. Anderson, a Fort Lewis-based National Guardsman and Muslim convert. Anderson, 26, faces five counts of trying to provide the terrorist network with information about U.S. troop strength and tactics as well as methods for killing American soldiers. Rossmiller told the court Wednesday that she is a member of 7-Seas Global Intelligence, an organization that tracks terrorist activity and forwards leads to authorities. She often surfs the Web late into the night at her home in Conrad, a town of 2,750 an hour north of Great Falls, searching for clues of terrorist activity. Last year Rossmiller’s work led her to a posting from Anderson, who was using the name "Amir Abdul Rashid." Rossmiller baited "Rashid" by posting a call to jihad against the United States and he replied. ... Rossmiller had been corresponding with Anderson since October. He was arrested in February after he allegedly tried to pass information to undercover Army investigators. |
| Posted by:Mike Sylwester |
| #10 I can only hope that more people look at the Anderson case as a whole and what it represents regarding the extent that those who subscribe to extremist ideologies will go to in an effort to achieve their goals when developing any opinion about the case. Anderson is charged with capital and life offenses under the UCMJ for a reason. He wanted to kill his fellow soilders and he wanted to be a part of Al Qaeda. Its quite astonishing to think how/why someone would do or desire such things. |
| Posted by: Anonymous4974 2004-05-22 8:59:15 PM |
| #9 Anybody gone after these folks for "stifiling dissent" yet? It'll happen. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-05-20 9:46:32 PM |
| #8 AP: Folks in Conrad know how to take care of themselves. I don't think they are too worried about the jihadis knowing where they live. Plus in that part of Montana you can see them coming from a long ways. |
| Posted by: Classical_Liberal 2004-05-20 11:29:17 AM |
| #7 Jihadbusters! |
| Posted by: The Doctor 2004-05-20 10:42:15 AM |
| #6 The lady is great, but it is not smart to publicize her organization or where they are based. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-05-20 8:02:46 AM |
| #5 In case anyone's interested, here's the link to the 7 Seas homepage. |
| Posted by: Mike 2004-05-20 6:34:41 AM |
| #4 A-ha! I just knew the 93rd Volunteer Infantry had an electronic warfare detachment! |
| Posted by: Mike 2004-05-20 6:32:13 AM |
| #3 KUDOS to this lady! If I were in the States, I would be doing the same thing. I always tell my husband, the battle against these animals is going to be won by ordinary american citizens. Those people who do not need some "intellectual" or a book to tell the them right from wrong. Hopefully, they will soon turn their attention to the american-muslim community (it should be easy to do since they always segregate themselves from the rest of the population). The greatest danger to America is the muslim fifth column already in place. And before anybody says they are not all terrorists, I would say: a terrorist is not just the one who detonate a bomb but also the one who turns a blind eye, tries to justify, or secretely celebrate the act. |
| Posted by: Anonymous4617 2004-05-20 3:50:12 AM |
| #2 Hmmm. Muslims are mostly decent people who wouldn't hurt innocent people, would they? http://thestar.com.my/news/nastory.asp?file=/2004/5/20/nation/8016283&sec=nation Shouldn't we be nation-destroying Wahabi and Khomeni tyrannies, rather than building them? |
| Posted by: Dog Bites Trolls 2004-05-20 12:38:41 AM |
| #1 Great story! |
| Posted by: Long Hair Republican 2004-05-20 12:35:21 AM |