Shannen Rossmiller

Shanna was like, mm-hmm, yeah, go on. But meanwhile, she's looking at the email account logs to check what IP he's connecting to it with. Originally, he was coming in from Thailand, but now she sees he's connecting from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. She now had enough information to start building a dossier on him. Michael Curtis Reynolds, 47 years old, American, discharged from the U.S. Army.

Shanna was like, mm-hmm, yeah, go on. But meanwhile, she's looking at the email account logs to check what IP he's connecting to it with. Originally, he was coming in from Thailand, but now she sees he's connecting from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. She now had enough information to start building a dossier on him. Michael Curtis Reynolds, 47 years old, American, discharged from the U.S. Army.

He had several financial problems and a criminal record. Two years after graduating from high school in New York, he tried to blow up his parents' house. Oh, that's pretty extreme. He had an ex-wife, three kids, martial arts, weapons, and explosive training. This guy is kind of a loose wire and he could be a serious threat.

He had several financial problems and a criminal record. Two years after graduating from high school in New York, he tried to blow up his parents' house. Oh, that's pretty extreme. He had an ex-wife, three kids, martial arts, weapons, and explosive training. This guy is kind of a loose wire and he could be a serious threat.

So Shannon wants to keep him on the hook to try to hear more about his plan, but he's reluctant to tell her the whole plan or any more details. So she kicks it up a notch. She tells him that she has contacts ready to mobilize across the U.S. and Pennsylvania and Georgia, and they have a lot of cash available. He's like, yeah, okay, good to know.

So Shannon wants to keep him on the hook to try to hear more about his plan, but he's reluctant to tell her the whole plan or any more details. So she kicks it up a notch. She tells him that she has contacts ready to mobilize across the U.S. and Pennsylvania and Georgia, and they have a lot of cash available. He's like, yeah, okay, good to know.

But she checks his IP again, and now he's connecting from Pocatello, Idaho. He was on the move. And she starts connecting the dots. Wait, he was in Thailand and then Pennsylvania, now Idaho? Idaho is one state over from Montana where she was. She starts to get paranoid. Is he coming for her? He had access to this email account, too, and could check the IP of where she was connecting from.

But she checks his IP again, and now he's connecting from Pocatello, Idaho. He was on the move. And she starts connecting the dots. Wait, he was in Thailand and then Pennsylvania, now Idaho? Idaho is one state over from Montana where she was. She starts to get paranoid. Is he coming for her? He had access to this email account, too, and could check the IP of where she was connecting from.

Did he see any connections from Conrad, Montana? That might immediately tip off that he's talking with Shannon Rossmiller, not Abu Zita. She triple-checks everything, her proxy servers, the email logs, all her OPSEC. It all seemed okay. At least she thinks so. She can't find any mistakes that would have given her identity away. She feels somewhat relieved. But why is he in Idaho?

Did he see any connections from Conrad, Montana? That might immediately tip off that he's talking with Shannon Rossmiller, not Abu Zita. She triple-checks everything, her proxy servers, the email logs, all her OPSEC. It all seemed okay. At least she thinks so. She can't find any mistakes that would have given her identity away. She feels somewhat relieved. But why is he in Idaho?

She doubled down on him, told him again, look, there are some people on the move. They've got cash, but they're uninterested in giving you any money unless they know your plan first. So he opens up. He tells her his grand plan is to attack fuel production in the U.S. See, earlier that year in 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit land, and it was a massive storm.

She doubled down on him, told him again, look, there are some people on the move. They've got cash, but they're uninterested in giving you any money unless they know your plan first. So he opens up. He tells her his grand plan is to attack fuel production in the U.S. See, earlier that year in 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit land, and it was a massive storm.

Part of the destruction was that fuel production was knocked out for two days. We're talking 90% of oil production along the Gulf Coast was wiped out, resulting in gas prices hitting crazy levels. Michael Reynolds had watched over all this, and for him, he saw how vulnerable fuel production is in the U.S., and that's where he got his plan to recreate what Katrina did to the fuel supply.

Part of the destruction was that fuel production was knocked out for two days. We're talking 90% of oil production along the Gulf Coast was wiped out, resulting in gas prices hitting crazy levels. Michael Reynolds had watched over all this, and for him, he saw how vulnerable fuel production is in the U.S., and that's where he got his plan to recreate what Katrina did to the fuel supply.

But way bigger. He laid out the plan for her. He was going to blow up multiple production sites and the Alaskan pipeline, one of the world's largest oil pipelines. He explained that if he could do all this, there'd be no way to switch to any backup. Not easily. And the U.S. would come to a halt. Now, this Alaskan pipeline is massive, like really big. It runs through Alaska for 800 miles.

But way bigger. He laid out the plan for her. He was going to blow up multiple production sites and the Alaskan pipeline, one of the world's largest oil pipelines. He explained that if he could do all this, there'd be no way to switch to any backup. Not easily. And the U.S. would come to a halt. Now, this Alaskan pipeline is massive, like really big. It runs through Alaska for 800 miles.

Michael's plan was to disrupt the nation's fuel for weeks. He wanted to cause riots to a scale high enough that the National Guard would be deployed to calm the civil unrest. Shannon was very concerned. but kept him talking. And he kept going. His plan got even more crazy. At the peak of the civil unrest, he was going to make a statement that all this happened because the U.S. has troops in Iraq.

Michael's plan was to disrupt the nation's fuel for weeks. He wanted to cause riots to a scale high enough that the National Guard would be deployed to calm the civil unrest. Shannon was very concerned. but kept him talking. And he kept going. His plan got even more crazy. At the peak of the civil unrest, he was going to make a statement that all this happened because the U.S. has troops in Iraq.

And he thought the people would all collectively demand that the U.S. removes military from Iraq. He had a whole communication plan that he was going to give to the press about it all too, exposing the government and stuff. Shannon realized he was crazy, but also potentially very dangerous. His idea involved blowing up buses and trucks alongside the pipeline to cause as much havoc as possible.

And he thought the people would all collectively demand that the U.S. removes military from Iraq. He had a whole communication plan that he was going to give to the press about it all too, exposing the government and stuff. Shannon realized he was crazy, but also potentially very dangerous. His idea involved blowing up buses and trucks alongside the pipeline to cause as much havoc as possible.