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Shannen Rossmiller

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430 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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Darknet Diaries
145: Shannen

She's trying to fit her online life in and around her real life, switching back and forth between personas. And during this time, she still wasn't telling her husband, Randy, about all her online crusades. She was waking up early before everyone else was getting up, and she'd go downstairs into the computer room and do all this on her own. She had notebooks and notebooks of secrets.

Darknet Diaries
145: Shannen

She's trying to fit her online life in and around her real life, switching back and forth between personas. And during this time, she still wasn't telling her husband, Randy, about all her online crusades. She was waking up early before everyone else was getting up, and she'd go downstairs into the computer room and do all this on her own. She had notebooks and notebooks of secrets.

Darknet Diaries
145: Shannen

Ryan Anderson, well, I guess he was calling himself Andy now, he kept saying he had a big plan. But he wasn't telling Shannon what it was, which she suspected was going to be a terrorist attack. He said he needed some cash to carry out his plan. But what was he going to use the cash for? Shannon didn't know, maybe to buy explosives or weapons.

Darknet Diaries
145: Shannen

Ryan Anderson, well, I guess he was calling himself Andy now, he kept saying he had a big plan. But he wasn't telling Shannon what it was, which she suspected was going to be a terrorist attack. He said he needed some cash to carry out his plan. But what was he going to use the cash for? Shannon didn't know, maybe to buy explosives or weapons.

Darknet Diaries
145: Shannen

She said she could send some cash, but he needed to give up more information first. She wanted more details of the plan. He talked a lot about his plan, about how effective it would be and how proud he was of it, but he was getting frustrated about how long it was taking to get going. So Shannon kept using the cash as a lure to try to get him to admit the details of the plan. And it finally worked.

Darknet Diaries
145: Shannen

She said she could send some cash, but he needed to give up more information first. She wanted more details of the plan. He talked a lot about his plan, about how effective it would be and how proud he was of it, but he was getting frustrated about how long it was taking to get going. So Shannon kept using the cash as a lure to try to get him to admit the details of the plan. And it finally worked.

Darknet Diaries
145: Shannen

He eventually gave in and started explaining his plan in detail. In fact, he was so excited about it, it just all came flooding out. He was talking weapons, tactics, and locations in Iraq, plus plans for the U.S. Army tanks. Adding it all up, the plan was to kill U.S. soldiers. It was elaborate and detailed and devastating.

Darknet Diaries
145: Shannen

He eventually gave in and started explaining his plan in detail. In fact, he was so excited about it, it just all came flooding out. He was talking weapons, tactics, and locations in Iraq, plus plans for the U.S. Army tanks. Adding it all up, the plan was to kill U.S. soldiers. It was elaborate and detailed and devastating.

Darknet Diaries
145: Shannen

Ryan was planning on giving classified information to enemy forces, information that severely jeopardizes the safety of U.S. soldiers once they're in Iraq. He was clearly wanting to cause harm and chaos. He even went so far as to express how he'd hurt anyone who would try to stop him or capture him.

Darknet Diaries
145: Shannen

Ryan was planning on giving classified information to enemy forces, information that severely jeopardizes the safety of U.S. soldiers once they're in Iraq. He was clearly wanting to cause harm and chaos. He even went so far as to express how he'd hurt anyone who would try to stop him or capture him.

Darknet Diaries
145: Shannen

All his rants and plans were quickly passed over to the FBI, and they knew they had to get this sting underway and arrest Ryan with first-hand evidence. So the meeting was set up for January 3rd, 2004. Shannon told Ryan the FBI agent, or Al-Qaeda member, was ready to meet with him. The location of the meeting was a Barnes & Noble bookstore in Seattle. The day of the meeting finally comes around.

Darknet Diaries
145: Shannen

All his rants and plans were quickly passed over to the FBI, and they knew they had to get this sting underway and arrest Ryan with first-hand evidence. So the meeting was set up for January 3rd, 2004. Shannon told Ryan the FBI agent, or Al-Qaeda member, was ready to meet with him. The location of the meeting was a Barnes & Noble bookstore in Seattle. The day of the meeting finally comes around.

Darknet Diaries
145: Shannen

Ryan and the FBI agent both casually walk into the bookstore and act like shoppers browsing for books. And they meet up, and they chatted among the books. Little did Ryan know, hidden in the books were cameras and microphones, and it was recording their conversation.

Darknet Diaries
145: Shannen

Ryan and the FBI agent both casually walk into the bookstore and act like shoppers browsing for books. And they meet up, and they chatted among the books. Little did Ryan know, hidden in the books were cameras and microphones, and it was recording their conversation.

Darknet Diaries
145: Shannen

Ryan gave the agents scanned copies of his identification and a lot of classified information about US Army tanks and troop locations in Iraq. He had seriously incriminated himself. This information had the intention of getting US soldiers killed. but the agents didn't arrest him on the spot. After all, his troop wasn't deploying to Iraq yet, so there really wasn't a rush just yet.

Darknet Diaries
145: Shannen

Ryan gave the agents scanned copies of his identification and a lot of classified information about US Army tanks and troop locations in Iraq. He had seriously incriminated himself. This information had the intention of getting US soldiers killed. but the agents didn't arrest him on the spot. After all, his troop wasn't deploying to Iraq yet, so there really wasn't a rush just yet.

Darknet Diaries
145: Shannen

Instead, they wanted to see if they could get even more information out of him. So they set up a second meeting to see what else he had to say. The next day, Shannon's focus shifted back to Samir, the suspicious journalist that she had a keylogger installed on.

Darknet Diaries
145: Shannen

Instead, they wanted to see if they could get even more information out of him. So they set up a second meeting to see what else he had to say. The next day, Shannon's focus shifted back to Samir, the suspicious journalist that she had a keylogger installed on.

Darknet Diaries
145: Shannen

She saw that he was sending emails about some new base, a landing strip for transporting individuals to Pakistan for fighter training camps. Then an email with a four-page Arabic attachment came in. She spent hours translating it, and it gave the details of where Taliban and al-Qaeda units are stationed along the Afghan border. While Ryan had information about where U.S.

Darknet Diaries
145: Shannen

She saw that he was sending emails about some new base, a landing strip for transporting individuals to Pakistan for fighter training camps. Then an email with a four-page Arabic attachment came in. She spent hours translating it, and it gave the details of where Taliban and al-Qaeda units are stationed along the Afghan border. While Ryan had information about where U.S.