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August 2, 2007

American Convicted of Terrorism Charges

Topics: War on Terror

In October 2005, Michael Curtis Reynolds, a 47-year-old man from Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania, started communicating in an Islamist chat room looking for an opportunity to make money from al-Qaeda terrorists. His objective was to sell plans to attack the Alaska and Transcontinental pipelines and U.S. refineries, for $40,000:

Reynolds, now 49, is a divorced father of three who lives in Connecticut and has held a variety of jobs in the electronics field. He also once was involved with a paintball operation and is described as a loner.

Monitoring the Islamist chat room was Shannen Rossmiller, a former Montana magistrate who has been independently hunting terrorists on the Internet since 9/11. After learning Reynolds' intentions, Rossmiller contacted the FBI who set up agents to impersonate al-Qaeda members to Reynolds. Ultimately, a sting was engineered and Reynolds was arrested.

In October 2006, Reynolds was indicted by a federal grand jury on terrorism charges.

Last month, Reynolds went on trial in Scranton before a jury of six women and six men.

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An American traitor, a man that sought to sell plans to Muslim extremists for attacking American targets, will surely be a popular fellow in prison, and his inmates will have no problem "entertaining" him.

Posted by Richard at August 2, 2007 10:11 AM

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