[lelio]

Here's King5.com (local TV station) story:

SEATTLE - A member of the Washington National Guard’s 81st Armored Brigade has been taken into custody and charged with attempting to pass intelligence information to the Al-Qaida terrorist network.

According to an NBC news report, SPC. Ryan G. Anderson was arrested Thursday at Fort Lewis, Wash. The report, citing U.S. Military and Justice Department officials, said Anderson, a 26-year-old tank crew member, was caught during a joint sting operation and has been charged with “aiding the enemy by wrongfully attempting to communicate and give intelligence to the Al-Quida terrorist network."

Ryan graduated in 1995 from Cascade High School in Everett, Wash., and received a degree in military history with an emphasis on the Middle East from Washington State University in 2002. According to published reports, Anderson converted to the Muslim faith 5 years ago.

Anderson was interviewed by the Everett Herald newspaper last week during a ceremony to honor the 3,500 Washington National Guard soldiers who will be going to Iraq for at least a year. According to the newspaper, he felt the tour of duty would be an interesting experience.

[r9etb]

Here is one news mention of him....

[Shermy]

http://www.heraldnet.com/Stories/04/2/7/18153324.cfm
From the Everett Herald, Feb. 7

"Everett

Cascade grad among guard unit being honored: A 1995 Cascade High School graduate is taking part in a historic event in the Tacoma Dome today.

Spc. Ryan Anderson will participate in the mobilization of the 81st Armor Brigade, which has not been mobilized since World War II.

Approximately 15,000 people will attend the tickets-only ceremony to honor the 3,500 Washington National Guard soldiers who will be going to Iraq for at least a year.

Anderson is a military historian, graduating from WSU in 2002 with a degree in military history with an emphasis on the Middle East. Converting to the Muslim faith five years ago, he said the tour of duty will be an interesting experience.

[Catspaw]

CNN is now reporting that he attempted to communicate (doesn't say what he communicated) with al qaeda via al qaeda internet websites, but didn't know it was a sting operation.

[cwb]

This punk sounds like another product of our liberal institutions that foment anti-American attitudes. If there was ever a reason to get rid of American-hating professors and teachers..this is it. From Jihad Johnny Walker to this trash, our own schools are producing a future generation that hates this country.