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... She's been communicating with Michael Curtis Reynolds on the Web. He's like a great novel Rossmiller can't put down.Mastermind, narcissistic sociopath, Rossmiller pegs Reynolds, a Wilkes-Barre man who is writing in English on the all-Arabic Osama bin Laden Crew Web site. Guys like him creep me out."The plan is [to] recall ... [U.S.] troops home [from Iraq] as well as firing their boss," Reynolds writes. "Interested?"It's November 2005, and Reynolds seems to want to crash the U.S. government and end the Iraq war. He's asking al-Qaeda for money and personnel.Oh, dear G-d, please just let him be a blowhole...

Michael Curtis Reynolds, the Wilkes-Barre drifter who is looking for al-Qaeda funding to help him blow up the trans-Alaska and transcontinental pipelines, is now on Shannen Rossmiller's radar.Conspicuous as a barroom braggart, Reynolds is writing boldly - and in English - in the all-Arabic Osama bin Laden Crew chat room, making no pretense about his background or his mission: He's an American citizen out to destroy his country.Just like Ryan Anderson, Rossmiller says to herself, recalling another angry American, from 2003. Oh, please don't let him be another one like that. ...Having ensnared Anderson in an exchange of 30 e-mail...

CHARLES GIBSON, ABC NEWS But first, we have an extraordinary update. As you know, we have an occasional series that we call "Take 2" in which we bring you up to date on stories that we've talked about previously. graphics: take 2 CHARLES GIBSON (Off Camera) And this one involves a young National Guardsman who tried to pass military secrets to al Qaeda, or someone he thought was al Qaeda. And it also involves the Montana mom who uncovered him. Last Thursday, a military jury convicted Specialist Ryan Anderson of attempted treason and sentenced him to life in prison. But...

SEATTLE, Sept. 3 - A National Guardsman was sentenced on Friday to life in prison for trying to aid Al Qaeda. The soldier, Specialist Ryan G. Anderson, had been caught in a sting operation offering information on military vulnerabilities to investigators posing as members of the Qaeda terrorist group. Lawyers for Specialist Anderson argued that he suffered from mental disorders, including bipolar disorder and Asperger's syndrome, a form of autism marked by eccentric behavior, as well as from a tendency to create alternate personas in order to make himself feel important, said Jeff Young, spokesman for the Fort Lewis Army...

SEATTLE (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier was sentenced to life in prison on Friday after his conviction on charges he tried to aid al Qaeda by detailing ways to destroy U.S. weapons and kill soldiers to undercover agents, the Army said. National guardsman Spc. Ryan Anderson, 27, was convicted on all five counts of attempted treason and related charges by nine officers in a court-martial that ended late on Thursday. "He was sentenced to confinement for life with possibility of parole and a dishonorable discharge, with reduction to the rank of private," the Army said in a statement on Friday.

FORT LEWIS — A Washington National Guardsman tearfully asked for mercy and apologized to his country, his fellow soldiers and his family yesterday before a military jury sentenced him to life in prison with eligibility for parole for attempting to give aid and intelligence to the enemy. "I beg you and your families to forgive me," Spc. Ryan G. Anderson said, choking back tears, as he read from a statement. "I'm deeply shaken that what I did could have put your lives in danger. I find comfort in the fact that I was in the hands of investigators." A nine-member...

Military jury convicts soldier of trying to help al-Qaida By MELANTHIA MITCHELL Associated Press Writer FORT LEWIS, Wash. (AP) -- A National Guardsman accused of trying to give al-Qaida information about U.S. troops, including methods for killing soldiers, was found guilty Thursday on all five counts of trying to help the terrorist network. The verdict in Spc. Ryan G. Anderson's court-martial, which began Monday, was announced late Thursday afternoon. Anderson, a tank crewman whose 81st Armor Brigade unit is now in Iraq, was accused of trying to give terrorists information about U.S. troops' strength and tactics. The terrorists he...

FORT LEWIS, Wash. - A soldier accused of trying to give al-Qaida information about U.S. troops, including methods for killing soldiers, was found guilty Thursday on all five counts of trying to help the terrorist network. The verdict in Spc. Ryan G. Anderson's court-martial, which began Monday, was announced late Thursday afternoon. Anderson, a tank crewman whose 81st Armor Brigade unit is now in Iraq, was accused of trying to give terrorists information about U.S. soldiers' strength and tactics. The terrorists he though he was meeting with were actually undercover federal agents, prosecutors said. A military spokesman has said the...

FORT LEWIS, Wash. -- A National Guardsman accused of trying to help the al-Qaida terrorist network suffers from bipolar disorder and other mental-health conditions, a civilian psychologist from Madigan Army Medical Center testified Wednesday. "He has been an outsider, a social misfit, most of his life," psychologist Jack Norris said of defendant Spc. Ryan G. Anderson. Norris said he began evaluating Anderson in mid-July, eventually diagnosing him with bipolar disorder, the condition formerly called manic depression. Anderson also had features of two other disorders, narcissism, or egocentrism, and schizotypal, symptoms of which include social discomfort and eccentric behavior, Norris said....

FORT LEWIS, Washington (Reuters) - A U.S. Army soldier charged with trying to aid al Qaeda had a mental disorder that drove him to brag to undercover agents about ways to destroy U.S. weapons and kill soldiers, his lawyer said at the opening of his court martial on Monday. Specialist Ryan Anderson was filled with grandiose visions of his own importance that led him to lie and encouraged him to role play, defense attorney Maj. Joseph Morse said in opening remarks in the case that has drawn national attention. "They (prosecutors) want you to believe he was a militant Muslim,...

Soldier says he's liar, not terrorist WSU grad in treason case was just pretending, lawyer says Richard Roesler Staff writer August 31, 2004 FORT LEWIS, Wash. – In the case of Army Spc. Ryan G. Anderson, very few of the players were whom they seemed to be. The "Muslim militant" who exchanged e-mail with Anderson actually was a small-town Montanan whose hobby is trolling for terrorists online. The "al Qaeda members" Anderson met in a Seattle parking lot turned out to be Army counterintelligence agents. Now, as the 27-year-old Washington State University graduate battles charges of attempted treason in a...

US soldier 'tried to pass secrets to al-Qaida' 31/08/2004 - 09:17:30 A National Guardsman betrayed his country and fellow soldiers when he tried to pass military information to undercover agents he believed were al-Qaida terrorists, prosecutors said at the start of his court-martial. Specialist Ryan Anderson, 27, could get life in prison without parole if convicted. Anderson, a Muslim convert, pleaded innocent to five counts of trying to provide the al-Qaida terrorist network with information about US troop strength and tactics, and methods for killing American soldiers. “This is a case about betrayal – betrayal of our country, betrayal of...

SEATTLE (AP) -- A videotape showing a U.S. soldier willingly sharing military information with federal undercover agents he believed to be al-Qaida members is expected to be among key evidence in his court martial, scheduled to begin Monday. Spc. Ryan Anderson of the Washington National Guard is charged with five counts of trying to provide the al-Qaida terrorist network with information about U.S. troop strength and tactics, as well as methods for killing American soldiers. On the video, Anderson offers sketches and information about weaknesses in the M1A1 Abrams, the Army's primary battle tank. ``While I love my country, I...

SEATTLE -- Spc. Ryan Anderson is shown on videotape willingly sharing military information with federal undercover agents he believed to be al-Qaida members. The evidence will make it challenging for Anderson's defense as the Washington National Guard soldier now faces a military trial on charges he tried to help the terrorist group. Anderson's court martial is set to begin Monday at the Army's Fort Lewis. It is expected to last five days. The 26-year-old tank crewman with the Guard's 81st Armor Brigade, now in Iraq, is charged with five counts of trying to provide the al-Qaida terrorist network with information...

<p>A National Guard soldier captured on videotape telling undercover agents posing as Muslim extremists how to cripple U.S. battle tanks declined to enter a plea at his arraignment on treason charges on Friday, the Army said.</p> <p>Specialist Ryan Anderson, a 26-year-old Muslim convert and gun rights advocate who was arrested last February as his unit prepared to ship out to Iraq, faces a court-martial beginning Aug. 16 at Ft. Lewis near Tacoma, Washington, where his unit is based.</p>

Soldier Faces Court-Martial in Terror Case By MELANTHIA MITCHELLAssociated Press Writer June 23, 2004, 2:18 PM EDT SEATTLE -- A U.S. soldier accused of trying to help al-Qaida has been ordered to stand trial at a court-martial but will not face the death penalty, Army officials said Wednesday. The trial for Spc. Ryan G. Anderson was ordered June 9 by Lt. Gen. Edward Soriano, commander at Fort Lewis, south of Seattle, but was not made public until Wednesday. Anderson, 26, who was raised as a Lutheran but converted to Islam, was arrested in February and charged with five counts of...

CONRAD, Mont. — Shannen Rossmiller finds early mornings are best for hunting terrorists. When it's 4 a.m. in this one-stoplight prairie town, it's 3 p.m. in, say, Karachi, Pakistan, the sweltering hours just before the evening call to prayer. That's when Rossmiller, while her husband and three children sleep, finds the Internet chat rooms and bulletin boards frequented by radical Muslims and jihad warriors are busiest. It is when Rossmiller pursues her deadly serious hobby: citizen cyberspy. Since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, the Internet has become sprinkled with self-proclaimed intelligence agents and freelance threat analysts like Rossmiller — ordinary...

Specialist could face a court-martial for allegedly trying to aid and join Al Qaeda. FT. LEWIS, Wash. — The military began a hearing Wednesday to determine if a National Guardsman should be court-martialed on charges that he tried to assist Al Qaeda and join the organization so he could conduct terrorist attacks. Spc. Ryan G. Anderson, 26, a Muslim convert and member of the Washington Guard's 81st Armor Brigade, was arrested in February and charged with four counts of attempting to provide information to the terrorist network. The information allegedly involved U.S. troop movement and tactics. A fifth count disclosed...

FORT LEWIS -- A U.S. soldier accused of trying to help al-Qaida should be court-martialed, the officer overseeing a hearing in his case said Thursday. "These are serious criminal offenses that present a real and present danger to U.S. soldiers serving in Iraq," Col. Patrick J. Reinert said. Reinert's recommendation will be passed on to the base commander at Fort Lewis, Lt. Gen. Edward Soriano, who ultimately will decide whether Spc. Ryan G. Anderson will face a court-martial and whether he might face the death penalty. Anderson, 26, a Muslim convert and Fort Lewis-based guardsman, was arrested in February and...

FORT LEWIS -- Army Spc. Ryan Anderson talked with his lawyer and wrote on a notepad yesterday, but didn't look up at the screen showing an undercover video of his meeting near the Space Needle in February with two federal investigators posing as al-Qaida terrorist recruiters. In the 58-minute recording made inside a vehicle, with about a minute censored for security reasons, Anderson, 26, of Lynnwood is shown volunteering ideas on how to defeat U.S. military vehicles and kill soldiers, sharing military documents, making plans to desert and join al-Qaida, and his reasons for it all. "While I love my...

Jewish World Review March 11, 2004 / 18 Adar, 5764 Sedition in the military: Learn from Yugoslavia By Julia Gorin http://www.jewishworldreview.com | Last month, National Guardsman Ryan G. Anderson was arrested and taken into custody at Fort Lewis, Wash., accused of attempting to provide information to the al Qaeda network. The arrest happened to fall on the two-year anniversary of the trial against ousted Serb president Slobodan Milosevic. The confluence is not entirely unsymbolic. With the prosecution portion of the Milosevic trial coming to a close at the Hague last month, it is worth looking back at our own trials...

Last month, National Guardsman Ryan G. Anderson was arrested and taken into custody at Fort Lewis, Wash., accused of attempting to provide information to the al Qaeda network. The arrest happened to fall on the two-year anniversary of the trial against ousted Serb president Slobodan Milosevic. The confluence is not entirely unsymbolic. With the prosecution portion of the Milosevic trial coming to a close at the Hague last month, it is worth looking back at our own trials of the past year in the war on terror. For some distinct parallels emerge between our fight and that of another multiethnic...

Are we continuing to ignore a troubling pattern at our own peril? http://www.jewishworldreview.com | To those who worry about the extremism that Saudi influence can foster here in the United States, the joint Muslim community at Washington State University and the University of Idaho — just nine miles apart — might provide a classic case study. It also happened to be the home of detained National Guardsman Ryan Anderson, aka Amir Talhah, when he converted to Islam five years ago. Anderson, who was nabbed while allegedly trying to pass secret information on to al Qaeda through an Internet chat room,...

GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 2/20/04 - Baquoba, Damascus, Everett, Nishapur BREAKING: Baquoba - Successful joint raid BREAKING: Everett, Wash - Were there hints? BREAKING: Gaza - Gagged journalists BREAKING: Jamrud, - Successful joint raid BREAKING: Nishapur, Iran- It blew up real good BREAKING: Mohammed Zimam Abdul-Razaq - Successfully taken QFN ==== QUAGMIRE-FREE NEWS Exclusive to FReerepublic PICTURES YOU MAY NEVER SEE IN THE GENERAL MEDIA ========= Baquoba, Iraq ========= BREAKING: Al qaeda and Baathists baggedIn Baquoba, Iraq, U.S. heroes conduct a successful joint night raid with Iraqi police. 22 people were arrested and seven were Al...

SEATTLE - A member of a U.S. National Guard armored unit in Washington state sent details of military weak points to what he thought were Al-Qaida operatives in an effort to help them kill American troops, according to Army charges disclosed on Wednesday. Army Specialist Ryan Anderson, 26, who had been slated for deployment to Iraq with his unit based at Ft. Lewis, near Tacoma, Washington, is being held there on three charges of attempting to aid the enemy. Anderson, who was arrested on February 12, faces a possible death penalty if convicted of the charges by a military court....

A US National Guardsman who converted to Islam faces the death penalty after being formally charged with attempting to provide al-Qaeda network with classified information. Ryan Anderson tried to pass on troop strength information and tactics, as well as methods for killing Army personnel, the military says. The acts took place between January 17 and February 10. Mr Anderson was arrested February 12, just weeks before his brigade was to leave for duty in Iraq. He is also alleged to have communicated by "oral, written and electronic communication" to the supposed terrorists that: "I wish to meet with you, I...

Lt. Col. Stephen Barger, 1st Corps Public Affairs Officer, listens to a reporter's question as he briefs the media Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2004 at the Madigan gate at Fort Lewis, Wash. regarding the arrest of Spc. Ryan Anderson, a member of the National Guard's 81st Brigade. Anderson is accused of attempting to share military intelligence with the al-Qaida terrorist network. Anderson was charged Feb. 12, but the Army did not immediately release that information, Barger said. (AP Photo/Karie Hamilton) FORT LEWIS, Wash. -- A National Guardsman offered to provide the al-Qaida terrorist network information about U.S. troop strength and tactics,...

The courage to admit Muslim danger Posted: February 16, 20041:00 a.m. Eastern © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com It happened again! What are we going to do about it? Young, good-looking, college graduate, American citizen, Army National Guardsman, self-proclaimed shooter and gun collector, Muslim convert ... arrested for espionage, possible traitor. Twenty-six-year-old Spc. Ryan G. Anderson is the man. He's a tank crew member of the 81st Armor Brigade, training at Fort Lewis near Tacoma, Wash. Four-thousand strong, they're preparing to leave for Iraq this week. Anderson won't be with them. He's under arrest. The Army says he was taken into custody and will stay...

When asked if recently “detained” National Guard soldier Ryan Anderson—who allegedly tried to pass on sensitive information to al Qaeda—was a Muslim, the unit spokesman, Lt. Col. Stephen Barger replied, “Religious preferences are an individual right and responsibility, and I really can’t get into it.” On one level, of course, Barger is right. Sadly, however, Anderson’s religion may be the only prism through which his alleged behavior can be understood. Various media reports have pegged Anderson as a convert to Islam. Why is this significant? Because if he had converted to Buddhism or Hindu, for example, he almost certainly would...

<p>In a letter to the editor published in his hometown newspaper, Ryan Anderson comes across as having a firm grasp of his adopted faith as a convert to Islam. Anderson, a member of the Washington National Guard's 81st Armored Brigade, was arrested Thursday on suspicion of attempting to pass military information to the al-Qaida network.</p>

Q: Well, let’s start with Hispanic soldiers. How important is our continued recruitment and participation as U.S. armed force in United States. Rumsfeld: Oh, it's just enormously important. I don’t go anywhere in the world and meet with the troops that I don’t see so many Hispanic men, women, younger, older right from General Sanchez is leading our forces in Iraq down to a Private. They're just doing a wonderful, wonderful job. We value their willingness to volunteer and their dedication and their service. Q: Is there any special program in the works that would allow Hispanic soldiers who are...

EVERETT, Wash. - Long before his arrest, a National Guardsman suspected of trying to share military information with al-Qaida suggested that his allegiance to the United States was conditional. It was one of many opinions Spc. Ryan G. Anderson made known through letters written to newspapers. In a 1998 letter published by The Spokesman-Review newspaper in Spokane, he warned: "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...

A day after the arrest of 26-year-old Army Specialist Ryan Anderson his friends are shocked by the news. Anderson is accused of aiding the enemy by trying to communicate with Al Quaeda. Morgan Potter lived in the same WSU apartment building as Anderson. He calls Anderson fun-loving and just like everybody else. However, Potter admits -there's a lot he doesn't know about his friend, including what the government calls Anderson's extreme ideology of the Muslim faith. "The only link I knew Ryan had to Islam was the fact he was a history major and he joined the army to go...

Thursday, February 12, 2004 SpokaneLetters 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. 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...

EVERETT, Wash. — A National Guardsman suspected of trying to share military information with al-Qaida is a Muslim convert who complained bitterly in a letter to a newspaper about “bigotry, hatred and mindless rage” in the United States. Spc. Ryan G. Anderson, 26, was arrested Thursday and was being held at Fort Lewis. The tank crew member from the Guard’s 81st Armor Brigade was taken into custody just days before he was to leave for duty in Iraq. Long before his arrest, he had made some of his beliefs known in strongly worded letters to the editor. “In my...

EVERETT, Wash. (AP) - A National Guardsman suspected of trying to share military information with al-Qaida is a Muslim convert who complained bitterly in a letter to a newspaper about "bigotry, hatred and mindless rage" in the United States. Spc. Ryan G. Anderson, 26, was arrested Thursday and was being held at Fort Lewis. The tank crew member from the Guard's 81st Armor Brigade was taken into custody just days before he was to leave for duty in Iraq. Long before his arrest, he had made some of his beliefs known in strongly worded letters to the editor. "In my...

The baby-faced, high-school yearbook photo of Ryan G. Anderson is deceptively mundane and seemingly innocent. On Thursday, the 26-year-old National Guardsman was arrested after allegedly trying to pass information about military capabilities to al Qaeda over the Internet. A Muslim convert, Anderson was a member of the 303rd Armor Battalion of the 81st Armor Brigade at Fort Lewis, Washington. He will be charged with "aiding the enemy by wrongfully attempting to communicate and give intelligence to the al Qaeda terrorist network," said base spokesman Lt. Col. Stephen Barger. Who is this suspected al Qaeda sympathizer with the boy-next-door looks? Is...

SEATTLE (Reuters) - A U.S. National Guardsman in Washington state has been charged with trying to pass military secrets to the Islamic militant group al Qaeda after being caught in a sting operation, military officials said on Thursday. Army Spc. Ryan Anderson, a tank crewman, was slated for deployment to Iraq this summer from Fort Lewis, near Tacoma, Washington, where his unit is based. U.S. officials have said al Qaeda, accused of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on U.S. cities and of targeting other American facilities around the world, was also involved in some attacks on U.S. forces in Iraq....

<p>FORT LEWIS, Wash. — People in Spc. Ryan G. Anderson's (search) hometown of Everett, Wash., are having a hard time coming to grips with the fact that the National Guardsman has been accused of aiding anti-American terrorists.</p> <p>Anderson, 26, a convert to Islam, is being charged with aiding the enemy after U.S. officials discovered he allegedly tried to give military data to Usama bin Laden's Al Qaeda terror network. He was arrested Thursday.</p>

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...

<p>The Army yesterday arrested a National Guardsman on suspicion that he attempted to give intelligence on the U.S. military to Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda terrorist network.</p> <p>The soldier, Spec. Ryan G. Anderson, was taken into custody at Fort Lewis, Wash., near Tacoma, where his tank unit was preparing to deploy to Iraq to fight insurgents, including al Qaeda operatives.</p>

FORT LEWIS, Wash. - A National Guardsman was arrested Thursday and accused of trying to provide information to the al-Qaida terrorist network, the Army said. Defense officials speaking on the condition of anonymity said Spc. Ryan G. Anderson, 26, signed onto extremist Internet chat rooms and tried to get in touch with al-Qaida operatives, offering the organization information on U.S. military capabilities and weaponry. It is unclear how the government got wind of his alleged offer, but authorities began monitoring his communications, the officials said. It does not appear he transmitted any information to al-Qaida, the officials said. Anderson, from...

US SOLDIER 'ON TERROR CHARGES' A US soldier has been charged with trying to provide information to the al Qaeda terrorist network, US law enforcement official has said. The official told the Associated Press news agency that National Guardsman Ryan G. Anderson was charged with "aiding the enemy by wrongfully attempting to communicate and give intelligence to the al Qaeda terrorist network."   It was not immediately known what information Anderson was alleged to have provided.   Anderson was being held at Fort Lewis, an Army base south of Seattle.   Anderson, 26, is a tank crew member from the National...

NBC: Soldier accused of trying to aid al-QaidaCharged with attempting to pass information to al-Qaida NBC News Updated: 4:24 p.m. ET Feb. 12, 2004 U.S. military and Justice Department officials tell NBC News that a U.S. Army National Guardsman was taken into custody Thursday at Fort Lewis, Wash., and charged with attempting to pass intelligence information to the al-Qaida terrorist network. Spc. Ryan G. Anderson has been charged with "aiding the enemy by wrongfully attempting to communicate and give intelligence to the al-Qaida terrorist network," U.S. officials told NBC News. The officials said that Anderson was caught up in a...

CNN: "Soldier in custody after internal sting operation" - suspected of espionage possibily related to his unit's departure to Iraq.

U.S. military and Justice Department officials tell NBC News that a U.S. Army National Guardsman was taken into custody Thursday at Fort Lewis, Wash., and charged with attempting to pass intelligence information to the al-Qaida terrorist network. The officials said that Anderson was caught up in a sting operation conducted jointly by the Army, the Justice Department and the FBI. Anderson, however, is currently being held and charged only by the Army. Anderson is a Muslim, officials said.