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| − | [[Shannen Rossmiller]] reportedly tracks Islamists online.<ref> Wednesday, June 16, 2004 - Page updated at 12:25 A.M. [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2001957222_montana16m.html It's 4 a.m. in Montana, and a cyberspy is at work] By Mike Carter Seattle Times staff reporter</ref> | + | [[Shannen Rossmiller]] reportedly tracks Islamists online.<ref> Wednesday, June 16, 2004 - Page updated at 12:25 A.M. [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2001957222_montana16m.html It's 4 a.m. in Montana, and a cyberspy is at work] By Mike Carter Seattle Times staff reporter</ref> Rossmiller is an American judge, serving in Montana, who has a controversial role as a vigilante online terrorist-hunter, once part of the [[7Seas]] group.<ref>http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/27/bbc_al_qaeda_internet/</ref> |
A former high school cheerleader<ref>[http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2001957222_montana16m.html]</ref>and mother of three<ref>http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/front/2675028</ref>, Rossmiller poses as militant anti-American Muslim radicals online, hoping to attract the eye of those with similar mindsets. Whilst still a member of 7-Seas,<ref>[http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2004-05-13-netsleuth_x.htm USATODAY.com - 'Net sleuth' tells court of hunt that snared Guardsman]</ref> she provided evidence that ultimately convicted National Guardsman [[Ryan G. Anderson]] of attempting to defect to al-Qaeda.<ref>Shannen Rossmiller, [http://www.meforum.org/article/1711 "My Cyber Counter-jihad"], ''Middle East Quarterly'', Summer 2007</ref> | A former high school cheerleader<ref>[http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2001957222_montana16m.html]</ref>and mother of three<ref>http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/front/2675028</ref>, Rossmiller poses as militant anti-American Muslim radicals online, hoping to attract the eye of those with similar mindsets. Whilst still a member of 7-Seas,<ref>[http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2004-05-13-netsleuth_x.htm USATODAY.com - 'Net sleuth' tells court of hunt that snared Guardsman]</ref> she provided evidence that ultimately convicted National Guardsman [[Ryan G. Anderson]] of attempting to defect to al-Qaeda.<ref>Shannen Rossmiller, [http://www.meforum.org/article/1711 "My Cyber Counter-jihad"], ''Middle East Quarterly'', Summer 2007</ref> | ||
Revision as of 12:13, 11 May 2009
Shannen Rossmiller reportedly tracks Islamists online.[1] Rossmiller is an American judge, serving in Montana, who has a controversial role as a vigilante online terrorist-hunter, once part of the 7Seas group.[2]
A former high school cheerleader[3]and mother of three[4], Rossmiller poses as militant anti-American Muslim radicals online, hoping to attract the eye of those with similar mindsets. Whilst still a member of 7-Seas,[5] she provided evidence that ultimately convicted National Guardsman Ryan G. Anderson of attempting to defect to al-Qaeda.[6]
In 2005, she offered the transient Michael Reynolds $40,000 to purchase fuel trucks to attack American pipelines, while posing as an al-Qaeda financier.
She appeared in the BBC documentary entitled "The New al-Qaeda".[7] A publicist is currently seeking a book or movie deal based on Rossmiller's story. [8]
- "I wish to desert from the U.S. Army. I wish to defect from the United States. I wish to join al-Qaeda, train its members and conduct terrorist attacks." So said U.S. Army Spc. Ryan Anderson to two undercover investigators in February of this year. As a consequence, Anderson is now awaiting trial by the U.S. Army on treason charges. A chief witness will be Shannen Rossmiller, the small-town Montana judge who discovered and developed the case against Anderson entirely through her own investigation on the Internet.
- Rossmiller is probably the best-known example of an increasing number of civilian cyber-sleuths who are conducting their own war on terror. She has partnered with Brett Astley, a Canadian software designer, to form 7-Seas Global Intelligence whose website clearly states their mission of hunting down anyone who advocates or practices terrorism in person or via the Internet.
- How do they do it? By going to where they believe the terrorists are - Islamic web sites and Arabic Internet forums. Since English is not the preferred language of terrorism, the sleuths of 7-Seas utilize translation software, looking for code words from the Koran or other clues that would yield a thread by which another terrorist plot can be unraveled. The Internet is a virtual Mecca for alienated Muslims and others looking to become terrorists and to tap into supporting networks for same.[9]
Notes
- ↑ Wednesday, June 16, 2004 - Page updated at 12:25 A.M. It's 4 a.m. in Montana, and a cyberspy is at work By Mike Carter Seattle Times staff reporter
- ↑ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/27/bbc_al_qaeda_internet/
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/front/2675028
- ↑ USATODAY.com - 'Net sleuth' tells court of hunt that snared Guardsman
- ↑ Shannen Rossmiller, "My Cyber Counter-jihad", Middle East Quarterly, Summer 2007
- ↑ CBC Radio | The Current | Whole Show Blow-by-Blow
- ↑ Biz zeroes in on real-life terrorist hunter - Entertainment News, Weekly TV, Media - Variety
- ↑ http://howestreet.com/articles/index.php?article_id=650
