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2006-06-26 Home Front: WoT
Montana mother fights al-Qa'eda from her sitting room
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Posted by lotp 2006-06-26 08:43|| || Front Page|| [11132 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Living the Rantburg fantasy, she is.
Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious  2006-06-26 09:15||   2006-06-26 09:15|| Front Page Top

#2 I remember this lady.
I tried to get more info from her and her "group", but she never came through. I'm thinking she likes being low-key.

Back in 04 or '05 she had a little group of online analysts. They were the ones that broke that traitor that was trying to sell M1A2-SEP Abrams plans to jihadis.
Posted by Anon4021 2006-06-26 10:31||   2006-06-26 10:31|| Front Page Top

#3 She's not the only one. There's an Iranian Jewish woman (I think?) who goes to meetings in full burqa regalia, tapes the screechings, and reports back to the authorities -- again, as a response to 9/11. I seem to recall that she hunts the websites, too. (Sorry I don't have the details, they are buried somewhere in the Rantburg archives.) There have been a lot of big arrests lately, surely some of that information came from amateurs like Mrs. Rossmiller.

And I'd love to know how many of the martyred Lions of Islam are wholly figments of someone's imagination. ;-)
Posted by trailing wife 2006-06-26 10:44||   2006-06-26 10:44|| Front Page Top

#4 Hah, I found it.
She actually did email me back... but she never did send anything else.

Oh hey, here's her an old article attributing some work to her stuff.
http://www.prleap.com/pr_173.html
Posted by Anon4021 2006-06-26 10:49||   2006-06-26 10:49|| Front Page Top

#5 I love this woman. I want a daughter-in-law like her.
Posted by Mike 2006-06-26 10:55||   2006-06-26 10:55|| Front Page Top

#6 Daniel Pipes wrote This in 2004.
Posted by doc 2006-06-26 10:59||   2006-06-26 10:59|| Front Page Top

#7 right Seafarious :-) Why don't they hire us? We can play too.

That said, I do think this is another bit of treason by the papers - endangering her and her families lives as well as the work that she does. The only good thing I can say about the NYT, LA TIMES and other intelligence gatherers and providers is that the word "treason" is no longer out of vogue. Even a year ago - to call the papers and the anti-Americans treasonous caused one to flirt with the label of crackpot. It prevented good people for speaking openly about what they could see as occuring. That has changed and will remain changed until long after this war is over.
Posted by 2b 2006-06-26 11:02||   2006-06-26 11:02|| Front Page Top

#8 oh boy - doc - thanks for ruining my thoughts above. Ah well - I still think it's stupid to highlight this woman even if Daniel Pipes did it too.

So ok then, since the cats out of the bag - give us ranters an assignment. We'll play.
Posted by 2b 2006-06-26 11:04||   2006-06-26 11:04|| Front Page Top

#9 Ditto Seafarious comments--why don't they hire us--we can play too.
Posted by JohnQC 2006-06-26 11:05||   2006-06-26 11:05|| Front Page Top

#10 in Montana's little towns, strangers stick out and the locals are armed
Shades of Waziristan! Must be something about the mountains;-)
Posted by Spot">Spot  2006-06-26 11:50||   2006-06-26 11:50|| Front Page Top

#11 May the Almighty bless her.......truly a patriot, fighting the war her own way. I wish there were more like this one.
Posted by Broadhead6 2006-06-26 11:54||   2006-06-26 11:54|| Front Page Top

#12 An Army of DavidsMoms?
Posted by Xbalanke 2006-06-26 11:57||   2006-06-26 11:57|| Front Page Top

#13 Nothing more dangerous than a woman scorned. America has a full history of women who take matters into their own hands.
Posted by 49 Pan">49 Pan  2006-06-26 12:34||   2006-06-26 12:34|| Front Page Top

#14 In her best known case, she secured a life sentence for a treacherous soldier, Pte Ryan Anderson, who was trying to transmit the weaknesses of the M1 Abrams tank to al-Qa'eda. It was when she was called to give evidence in that case that her cover was blown. "I didn't have the choice of remaining anonymous," she said, despite earlier pledges from the authorities that her name would never be made public.

Her cover's already been blown, so the story does no great harm . . . besides, she's not the only one. There could be dozens out there . . . not that that's any reason to be paranoid, Mahmoud.
Posted by Mike 2006-06-26 14:01||   2006-06-26 14:01|| Front Page Top

#15 Not that what we do is as dramatic, but I like to think that some of the comments are helpful to some of Rantburg's many anonymous lurkers -- beyond getting the real news long before the New York Times notices, I mean, or appreciating really clever snark.

*happily waves to the watchers in dark glasses and classic suits... and that other one who can only be assumed from the spot of invisibility in which he/she can't be seen*
Posted by trailing wife 2006-06-26 14:08||   2006-06-26 14:08|| Front Page Top

#16 I think what this woman is doing is very cool. I hope her husband appreciates her late nights and her daughters realize what a mum they have.
Posted by phil_b">phil_b  2006-06-26 15:00|| http://autonomousoperation.blogspot.com/]">[http://autonomousoperation.blogspot.com/]  2006-06-26 15:00|| Front Page Top

#17 There are Rantburgers doing some work covering many areas of the WoT. Volunteering. Nuff said.
Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul  2006-06-26 18:48||   2006-06-26 18:48|| Front Page Top

#18 I'd gladly take on a decent workload if someone (hint, hint) would provide the imagery. I haven't lost any of my skills, even if it's been 16 or 17 years since I worked full-time as an imagery analyst. I did some volunteer work during the tsunami last year, and I've done some minor work here and there. I'd love to keep track of Basra or Ramadi, and locate the bad guys for the Buffs. Of course, with Buffs, you don't have to be terribly precise... 8^)
Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot  2006-06-26 20:38|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]  2006-06-26 20:38|| Front Page Top

#19 Think I've got an old light table up in the garage loft Patriot. I'll dust if off and send it to ya.
Posted by Besoeker 2006-06-26 20:42||   2006-06-26 20:42|| Front Page Top

#20 I have a few skills I could blow the dust off of to contribute to the cause.
Posted by JohnQC 2006-06-26 22:14||   2006-06-26 22:14|| Front Page Top

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