Shannen Rossmiller
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Shannen Rossmiller, is an American
lecturer and instructor in cyber counter-intelligence
forensics
and a former Montana
municipal court judge who has had a controversial role as a vigilante
online terrorist-hunter, and who was once part of the 7Seas group.
A former high school cheerleader, paralegal, and a mother of three, Rossmiller posed online as militant anti-American Muslim radicals to attract the eye of those with similar mindsets. While still a member of 7-Seas group, she provided evidence that led to the arrest and conviction of Ryan G. Anderson
, a National Guardsman who was about to deploy from the U.S. to Iraq. Ryan is now serving a life sentence for seeking to aid the enemy during a time of war and attempted espionage.
In 2005, while posing online as an Al Qaeda financier, Rossmiller offered the transient Michael Reynolds
$40,000 to purchase fuel trucks to attack American pipelines. Reynolds was arrested when he attempted to pick up the money. In 2007, he was convicted by a jury of attempting to provide material support to Al Qaeda and related charges, and sentenced to 30 years in jail.
Rossmiller appeared in the 2005 BBC
documentary entitled The New al-Qaeda. She, along with other internet cyber sleuths, has been criticized for her work.
As of July 2007, a publicist was seeking a book or movie deal based on Rossmiller's story.
United States
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lecturer and instructor in cyber counter-intelligence
Counter-intelligence
Counterintelligence or counter-intelligence refers to efforts made by intelligence organizations to prevent hostile or enemy intelligence organizations from successfully gathering and collecting intelligence against them. National intelligence programs, and, by extension, the overall defenses of...
forensics
Forensics
Forensic science is the application of a broad spectrum of sciences to answer questions of interest to a legal system. This may be in relation to a crime or a civil action...
and a former Montana
Montana
Montana is a state in the Western United States. The western third of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges. Smaller, "island ranges" are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains. This geographical fact is reflected in the state's name,...
municipal court judge who has had a controversial role as a vigilante
Vigilante
A vigilante is a private individual who legally or illegally punishes an alleged lawbreaker, or participates in a group which metes out extralegal punishment to an alleged lawbreaker....
online terrorist-hunter, and who was once part of the 7Seas group.
A former high school cheerleader, paralegal, and a mother of three, Rossmiller posed online as militant anti-American Muslim radicals to attract the eye of those with similar mindsets. While still a member of 7-Seas group, she provided evidence that led to the arrest and conviction of Ryan G. Anderson
Ryan G. Anderson
Ryan Gibson Anderson , is a former Washington State National Guardsman convicted by court-martial on September 3, 2004 on five counts of attempting to provide aid to the terrorist network al-Qaeda. He is currently serving a life sentence at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas with the eligibility of parole....
, a National Guardsman who was about to deploy from the U.S. to Iraq. Ryan is now serving a life sentence for seeking to aid the enemy during a time of war and attempted espionage.
In 2005, while posing online as an Al Qaeda financier, Rossmiller offered the transient Michael Reynolds
Michael Curtis Reynolds
Michael Curtis Reynolds is an American who was convicted of terrorism-related crimes after a series of December 2005 online discussions with a US judge posing as a militant.-Biography:...
$40,000 to purchase fuel trucks to attack American pipelines. Reynolds was arrested when he attempted to pick up the money. In 2007, he was convicted by a jury of attempting to provide material support to Al Qaeda and related charges, and sentenced to 30 years in jail.
Rossmiller appeared in the 2005 BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
documentary entitled The New al-Qaeda. She, along with other internet cyber sleuths, has been criticized for her work.
As of July 2007, a publicist was seeking a book or movie deal based on Rossmiller's story.