Guardsman Arrested for Attempting to Aid al Qaeda

American Forces Press Service ^ | Feb. 13, 2004 | By Donna Miles

[Calpernia]

A Washington Army National Guard soldier whose unit is deploying to Iraq was arrested Feb. 12 at Fort Lewis, Wash., for attempting to pass information about military capabilities to al Qaeda operatives.

Spc. Ryan G. Anderson, a tank crew member from the 81st Armor Brigade, was taken into custody without incident by military and federal law enforcement officials, the Fort Lewis public affairs office reported.

News reports said Anderson attempted to pass information about U.S. military weaponry and vehicles and vulnerabilities to terrorists through an Internet chat room.

Fort Lewis officials said they expect to charge Anderson with aiding the enemy under Uniform Code of Military Justice Articles 80 and 104. He is being held at the Fort Lewis Regional Corrections Facility.

The arrest followed a joint investigation by the Army, the FBI and the Justice Department, Fort Lewis officials reported.

Anderson's brigade, made up of Washington, California and Minnesota National Guardsmen, was mobilized as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom and is preparing to deploy to Iraq, Fort Lewis officials said.

National Guard Bureau officials said the unit is among 15 enhanced separate brigades, all of which have received more resources and a higher priority for equipping and training than typical brigades.

[Calpernia]

Pro Military News!

Ryan Anderson attempted to pass information about U.S. military weaponry and vehicles and vulnerabilities to terrorists through an Internet chat room.

Fort Lewis officials said they expect to charge Anderson with aiding the enemy under Uniform Code of Military Justice Articles 80 and 104. He is being held at the Fort Lewis Regional Corrections Facility.

Private Mail to be added to or removed from the GNFI (or Pro-Coalition) ping list.

[Alamo-Girl]

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[Aeronaut]

From Article 104 of the UCMJ:

Maximum punishment. Death or such other punishment as a court-martial or military commission may direct

[AmishDude]

Pathetic loser Muslim convert seeks veiled companion for hot, steamy jihad.

[bikerman]

Hang him!

[50sDad]

[SARCASM]

But isn't the real criminal here the so-called US "Justice" system which obviously invaded this man's privacy while he was busy selling out his fellow soldiers! Anyway, this is all just because he's insert race, non-Christian religion, poor parenting, poverty, etc! In a larger sense, aren't we all to blame!

So much so, in fact, that he will require an apology and a big cash settlement very soon now!

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[SpinyNorman]

I hope the military is doing some serious religious profiling now. It sure looks like Muslim fanatics join the Army in droves.

[Calpernia]

BUMP!

[blackie]

Death to all muslim traitors ~ Hang 'Em High!

[gcruse]

Fox and Friends referred to this as a 'shenanigan' this morning. Is it still treason when half the country doesn't give a damn?

[Calpernia]

YES! Enemy Combatant! More dangerous then a domestic criminal.

No rights, no mercy, no lawyer for this animal.

I have no empathy for terrorists.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Guardsman Arrested for Attempting to Aid al Qaeda

Luckily for him, this won't have the slightest impact on his chances for the Democratic nomination in twenty years.

[Arpege92]

Not that this information should matter in prosecuting this traitor, but I heard that any kind of information that he was giving to our enemy can be found on the internet. This guy is not only a traitor....but he's an idiot as well!

[livius]

A "shenanigan" - incredible!

Little Ryan wasn't able to pass information to AQ only because he was intercepted first.

Nobody takes this seriously. I bet our intelligence services will actually end up being criticized for having caught him.

[gcruse]

The kid's going to be martyr for the left, whatever happens.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Look at this:

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found from Drudgereport:

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Thursday, February 12, 2004

Spokane

Letters to the editor from Ryan Anderson

 

During his time in Pullman, Ryan Anderson had three published letters to The Spokesman-Review. In them, he warned against allowing the government to take away personal freedoms, chiefly the right to own firearms. Those letters are reprinted below.

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This war could cost us our freedoms

Some compare our current situation with World War II. However, other than some very basic similarities, there is no comparison.

There are no hordes of enemy tanks and fighter planes. There will be no massive drives against organized, well-equipped, well-defined enemy armies.

Our evil mastermind is a monster of our own creation, much the same as the Columbine shooters. This needs to be a war of hearts and minds, where in order to win we have to defeat ignorance and hatred with information and cooperation. The retribution that is necessary needs to be quick, surgical and effective.

A war in Afghanistan will bleed us dry as it did the Soviets and the British before them.

I fear war for another reason, that being that the elements in our own society who would rob us of our individual liberties and freedoms can use the auspices of national security to steal them. Already in the past century we have given up an alarming amount of individual liberty to feel safe.

No amount of gun control, press restriction or racial or religious profiling will save us from a body count like that of Sept. 11. But if you get a chance to read some of the bills due to go before Congress, some people obviously aren't going to let that stop them from continuing their crusade to save us from ourselves.

Think before calling for indiscriminate war because it may end up being an indiscriminate war on us all.

Ryan G. Anderson

Pullman, Wash.

Published Oct. 5, 2001

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Militia means irregulars - citizens

Walter Becker (Letters, April 22) tries to offer proof that the Second Amendment only applies to the militia, but his reasoning is faulty.

What does he think the militia is? The National Guard? I think not; it's closer to being a standing army than was most of the Royal Army that invaded the then-rebellious 13 colonies!

A militia by definition is an irregular force. It usually includes all able-bodied citizens between the ages of 17 and 45. In simplest terms, a militia is a group of armed citizens who have banded together temporarily to defend their homes and community.

If we went with Becker's interpretation, the Second Amendment would grant a standing army and a police force the right to maintain weapons, a right that has no need to be declared in a document such as the Bill of Rights, even in the 1770s.

I am in favor of intelligent gun control. Should the United States adopt a system along the lines of Switzerland's, I could not be happier. To shooters and collectors like me, it would mean more well-maintained ranges, inexpensive ammunition and, best of all, one free weapon issued to every responsible citizen. But it's not going to happen. Why? Because too many people out there don't mean gun control, they mean total annihilation of private firearms ownership. Until gun control advocates start respecting shooters, we will have no choice but to fight you, tooth and nail, every chance we get.

Ryan G. Anderson

Pullman

Published April 27, 1998

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Firearms not the problem

Once again our eyes and ears are inundated with yet another tragedy, this time in Arkansas, involving the cold-blooded murder of our children by our children.

Although I feel appalled by the carnage, I think I'm even more worried by the response of the citizens of this country. Rather than blaming themselves for allowing their children access to bloody video-games and graphically violent television programs, they choose to blame the easy culprits: firearms.

Our problem these days is that we want to generalize situations and fix problems with a cookie-cutter solution. I don't have all the answers, but I do have some. The solution to the gun issue is to have gun-control spearheaded by level-headed and responsible shooters, people who know and are directly affected by such regulations. Anything else will just be temporary, and doomed to both failure and tragedy.

I fear that my voice, however, is but a calm whisper in a room of angry shouts. Today I am a young soldier, sworn to protect and defend this country, but if tomorrow I find that this nation is no longer the one based upon the freedom I was taught to love, I'll have little choice but to go where I can live in freedom. When you people out there who would give up liberty for safety, stand up to be counted, you'll not find me among you, because you deserve neither. Free men can possess arms, slaves cannot.

Ryan G. Anderson

Pullman

Published April 9, 1998

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Link:

Letters to the editor from Ryan Anderson

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Now posted as a thread for discussion :

Letters to the editor from Ryan Anderson

[windchime]

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[Calpernia]

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[anniegetyourgun]

GGGRRRRR....always the nutbags and traitors who get linked with gun ownership.