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Title: 'Net Posse Tracked 'Jihad Jane' for Three Years
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URL Source: http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/Techno ... d-jane-years/story?id=10069484
Published: Mar 11, 2010
Author: EAMON McNIFF
Post Date: 2010-03-11 15:44:20 by Brian S
Keywords: None
Views: 1849
Comments: 74
March 11, 2010— While the rest of America was stunned to hear that a suburban Pennsylvania woman allegedly used the Internet identity of Jihad Jane and tried to join militant jihadists, for a group of 'Net vigilantes it was old news. In fact, at least one of the Web sleuths claims to have alerted the feds to Colleen LaRose's alleged efforts to raise money and recruit fighters for Islamic terrorists and to carry out her own jihad. Groups like JawaReport, Quoth the Raven and the YouTube Smackdown Corps claim they had been monitoring LaRose's growing militancy for three years, and watched as the Internet -- particularly YouTube -- fed her fervor. They also said "Jihad Jane" is not the only one on the Internet that the groups are monitoring. "There are certainly many others out there who are more eloquent and appear to be more dangerous from the way they talk," a man calling himself Rusty Shackleford told ABC News. Shackleford, a pen name, says he is a libertarian college professor who created the blog JawaReport in 2004 after he was enraged that Iraqi Islamists had beheaded an American named Nick Berg. "It was my way of venting. But mostly it was about countering violent Islamist propaganda, specifically the videos that were being produced by al Qaeda in Iraq and other Salaafist jihadists fighting our troops," he said. Shackleford said his goal from the beginning was combating violent Islamist material and support on the Web. "I'm a blogger, but also an activist against violent Islamism. One of the things we do is try and pressure Webhosts to remove Websites that belong to terrorist organizations. An example of this would be the dozen or so times we've successfully had the Taliban's website removed. The websites sometimes pop back up, sometimes not," Shackleford said. Shackleford and other contributors to JawaReport and sites like it noticed YouTube had become a hub for videos and comments in support of violent extremism and attacks against the West and its allies, leading to the creation of the YouTube Smackdown. Shackleford said the groups identify videos in support of violent Islamism and pressure the Web site to take them down, "as they would child pornography or other obscene material." According to the "Quoth the Raven" blog, since the "smackdown" movement began in 2007, users have had over 31,000 videos removed from YouTube, and 695 users suspended. They say LaRose was one of those suspended. Victoria Grand, head of policy for YouTube could not comment specifically on LaRose's alleged videos, but did say YouTube depended on it's community to flag innapropriate content. "We have 20 hours of video uploaded to the site every minute, it's a ton of content and we don't prescreen content, it's not possible. We have an innovative community policing mechanism in place," Grand said. According to Grand, YouTube's policy for inappropriate content includes incitement of violence, hate speech, graphic violence, and members of foreign terrorist organizations. "We always are trying to balance the idea of free speech and the idea of national security and keeping our users safe," she said. For those policing YouTube for alleged terrorist content, they say LaRose was constantly on their radar. "A few years ago a few of us began to notice her YouTube postings. Like many other YouTube users supportive of violent jihad, she would often post al Qaeda or related videos," Shackleford said. "It was pretty hard to miss her," said Robert, an administrator of SmackdownCorps.com. "She made lots and lots of encouraging comments on Islamic videos. The trick was to find her new user name after we suspended each account. She was very persistent. But again, she made it easy to find her." Robert said as he followed LaRose on YouTube, he witnessed her descent into violent extremism. "In my eyes, Jihad Jane was a product of YouTube. I watched her become more radicalized and her influence grew all on YouTube. YouTube provided an excellent platform for her to spread her message of hate and she used it well. She was seen as, and portrayed herself on YouTube as a mother figure to the young Islamists and they respected her and looked up to her," he alleges. "She was one who would post comments on the terrorist videos which I was viewing, things like 'Allah Akbar!' or 'Kill the kafir pigs' or 'Kill the Jews' kinds of things. Those types of statements put her on my radar," said a person affiliated with the YouTube Smackdown and the JawaReport who wished to only be known as a "42-year-old mom from the Mid West." According to Mid West Mom, she noticed LaRose a year and a half ago, and although she admits "feeling sorry" for La Rose, she also said she knew she "needed to be stopped." "The question is, are they serious or are they just blowing steam? It's very difficult to tell. Colleen crossed the line as far as I was concerned when she started recruiting to raise funds for the mujahedeen back in June of last year. Not only was she a terrorist sympathizer, she was now operating illegally," Midwest Mom said. One person claimed responsibility on the JawaReport for alerting the FBI to "Jihad Jane," saying that she was gathering a growing following of "real terrorists." "When she finally made an account which she actively solicited funds for the Pakistan Mujaheddin, which at this point I knew she had acquired the contacts for, I knew she had become a real threat for our safety and had officially violated U.S. Federal Law," the anonymous blogger wrote. "It was time to report her. This being in July 2009 I formally called the FBI in Philadelphia to report her." When the FBI was asked if a member of YouTube Smackdown tipped them off to "Jihad Jane," Special Agent J.J. Klaver of the Philadelphia office said, "I can't comment on the case at all, any aspect of it." But the federal indictment of LaRose cites Internet communications as early as March 2009. According to the indictment, LaRose has been indicted on federal charges that include providing material support to terrorists and conspiracy to kill in a foreign country. The indictment also says La Rose and her coconspirators tried to recruit fighters and solicited funds for terrorists organizations online. There are numerous jihadist sites on the Web. They range from small time bloggers like "Jihad Jane" and the Mujahideen of the YouTube, to the Taliban and militant cleric Anwar al Awlaki who had conversations with both Fort Hood gunman Major Nidal Malik Hasan and the alleged "underwear bomber" Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab who tried to blow up a plane over Detroit on Christmas Day. Shackleford described what is going on online between his groups and the extremists as "war," and said to him there is certainly an "e-Jihad" going on. "Anwar al Awlaki had a lengthy discourse on this a couple of years ago: 44 ways to support the jihad, electronic jihad being front and center," he said. "I don't know that there is a front line in the war on terror. That might be part of the problem. It could be said the whole world is the front line, but the online aspect is certainly a central battlefield," said Robert. "Terror is a weapon that needs media coverage to succeed and the Internet provides the perfect vehicle for them. I would say that is a serious battle and I am not sure who is winning. This seems to be a back burner issue for many, but it really needs to be addressed," he said.
Civilian Monitors Warn of Others Like 'Jane' on the 'Net Who Are More Dangerous
By EAMON McNIFF
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#35. To: BorisY (#30)
You have snow piles in Maui?
I'm from badeye country - buckeye ! Kentucky too ! Just like Ann Coulter !
Kentucky too ! Just like Ann Coulter ! And I suppose that means something. Maybe guilt by association? Heh.. my gramps carried little toddler Tricky Dicky around on his shoulders. That probably makes me qualified to be president. And if you think I'm Buckeye. LOLOL No.... as much as I would love to take credit for his posts. That poster had you guys tripping all over yourselves trying to find underhanded ways to smear Ron Paul. Too funny.
Had I you'd have been sold years ago... At a yard sale...
Day 19 of Packrat refusing to register here. Day 17 of Boofer The One Eyed Wonder Bot refusing to answer: When is Blackwell going to have the recount? Jan 30, 2006 ... by saveliberty (Proud to be Head Snowflake, Bushbot...
To: jveritas I don’t know how much clearer I can say it but those who insist on posting like Palin-hating trolls will sooner or later get the zot. When we can no longer see any difference between your posts and Keith Olberman’s, well it’s time to part company. We don’t need or want that b/s here. Like I said, don’t let your PDS get the better of you. Move on to a different thread if you have to but don’t get caught posting like a troll. 302 posted on 03/09/2010 3:35:38 PM PST by Jim Robinson (JUST VOTE THEM OUT! teapartyexpress.org) To my knowledge goldi pretty much sees it the same ! She is shifting pretty much back to her minutewoman - bilderberger bust ways!
Yeah, you'd be just stupid enough to sell a Mona Lisa at a yard sale! &;-)
That was one of those that you shouldn't have tried to top...in that vein...you and the Boof are like New Jersey...perfect together...
Day 19 of Packrat refusing to register here. Day 17 of Boofer The One Eyed Wonder Bot refusing to answer: When is Blackwell going to have the recount? Jan 30, 2006 ... by saveliberty (Proud to be Head Snowflake, Bushbot...
You're right, I really shouldn't, because it looks as if all your posts, on all the threads lately have just become one long, boring, obnoxious flame....
Bozo me then. No matter what I write it'll never approach the level of disgust of the felch job that you're doing on Boofer...
Day 19 of Packrat refusing to register here. Day 17 of Boofer The One Eyed Wonder Bot refusing to answer: When is Blackwell going to have the recount? Jan 30, 2006 ... by saveliberty (Proud to be Head Snowflake, Bushbot...
"BlowOutCongress.com!!" Check it out, y'all...RATS ain't gonna know what hit 'em come November...MUD
"Devolve Power Outta the Federal Leviathan and Back to the States, Exactly...war's proud of the fact that braindead Leftist Obamabot RAT-minions look at him as the most successful RAT-TROLL they've ever seen in action ever since Goldi-lox allowed him to ply his RAT-TROLL trade fer soooooo long over on LP. But now war's living off his past glories...he lost his home base, now he's floundering around like the MORONIC IGNORAMUS he's been all along. I just BOZO the pansy...he's an intellectual lightweight and not worth my precious time...MUD BTW...just like his butt-buddy, Fred Mertz!!
"Devolve Power Outta the Federal Leviathan and Back to the States, Sheeesh, Boris, I thought you got bored and left looong ago...LOL!! Well, welcome back...MUD
"Devolve Power Outta the Federal Leviathan and Back to the States, Give it a rest, grow up already!
Stop spamming the site with your useless shit you fucking idiot.
So why do you bother soiling this site with your vacuous and inane commentary? ... yukon haha lots of laughing out loud
They are all over here posting yet complaining they are bored to tears. You would think there would be one with a tiny bit of ability to deviate from the script. Po wittle darlings! They need a waaaahhhhmbulance.
Nobody reads your crap. And you're an asshole...
Day 19 of Packrat refusing to register here. Day 17 of Boofer The One Eyed Wonder Bot refusing to answer: When is Blackwell going to have the recount? Jan 30, 2006 ... by saveliberty (Proud to be Head Snowflake, Bushbot...
You are under no obligation to respond.
Day 19 of Packrat refusing to register here. Day 17 of Boofer The One Eyed Wonder Bot refusing to answer: When is Blackwell going to have the recount? Jan 30, 2006 ... by saveliberty (Proud to be Head Snowflake, Bushbot...
LOL...I think we all see the irony in that request...LOL!! RG, you are amongst the last of the non-Obamabot MORONS not to DELETE the infamously pencil-necked girleyman (aka "war") from their list of potentially intersting human beings. One thing we all gotta learn at some point in our posting histories, "IGNORE THE RAT-TROLL WEANIES" (like war)...MUD
"Devolve Power Outta the Federal Leviathan and Back to the States, Yep...war's a shell of his former self...and it's not like THAT was something you'd be proud to be either...LOL!!
"Devolve Power Outta the Federal Leviathan and Back to the States, Face up to it, blue face. (chuckle)
Yeah, you're right, it sure gets weary trying to talk to people who behave like that, 24/7....
Nobody reads your crap. And you're an asshole...
Day 19 of Packrat refusing to register here. Day 17 of Boofer The One Eyed Wonder Bot refusing to answer: When is Blackwell going to have the recount? Jan 30, 2006 ... by saveliberty (Proud to be Head Snowflake, Bushbot...
He's a forum killer and his narcissistic vanity threads should be deleted in mass. He tags forums like illegals tag fences and probably for the same reason.
LOL...I reckon y'all oughtta beg all the Forum Owners to just BAN MUD altogether...BWAHAHAHA!! Or maybe you can git Nancy "The Botox Bee-ahhhtch" Pelosi to introduce legislation to "ABOLISH THE FIRST AMENDMENT" fer MUD...you know ol' Barry "The RAT-Messiah" Soetoro will sign that legislation the minute it reaches his desk...LOL!! Have a great weekend, MG...yer seeming a li'l over-stressed...MUD
"Devolve Power Outta the Federal Leviathan and Back to the States, Want to REALLY show off your 1A creds, Nudge? Use your "PULL" to allow me to register at GOP Queefing Room... No? Thought not... Your buddy packrat will never register here because he can't skip off to Stoney whenever packass' little pervert feelings get hurt. There actually is free speech here. The above underscores why no one reads your crap. And you're an asshole...
Day 20 of Packrat refusing to register here. Day 18 of Boofer The One Eyed Wonder Bot refusing to answer: When is Blackwell going to have the recount? Jan 30, 2006 ... by saveliberty (Proud to be Head Snowflake, Bushbot...
I bozo'd him back at LP for years. Only yeltsin was bozo'd longer. IN late 2007, when it was obvious to everyone that the GOP was in for a good beating the next year I took everyone off. He knew I had him bozo'd but there must have been 1500 PINGS from him anyway. But he and Yeltsin were back on within 2 weeks. He still PINGS me at LP because he's a cunt and knows I cannot respond. He has me filtered here - so he claims - but pings me anyway. THAT IS a definition of narcissism.
Day 20 of Packrat refusing to register here. Day 18 of Boofer The One Eyed Wonder Bot refusing to answer: When is Blackwell going to have the recount? Jan 30, 2006 ... by saveliberty (Proud to be Head Snowflake, Bushbot...
war is not a "weanie." he is a fine American who shows the proper love for his savior, Barack Obama.His desire to perrform oral sex on our lord is most commendable.
I can see you as a Romney supporter. He's more your type.... the white GOP neocon version of Obama. That way it will be easier for you to accept healthcare legislation. And it's not like Romney doesn't have that experience. LOLOL
I plan on not supporting anything the two winged party vultures have planned for my future. But watching you neobots shill for one side or another would be funny if it wasn't so sad.
Perhaps you are correct, my friend...hey, the ObamaNation needs its champions, just like the ANTI-ObamaNation...LOL!! LOL...welcome to Liberty's Flame, my ol' friend**...MUD BTW...**welcome to MUD's World...now the Marxist Obamabot RAT-TROLLS HATE you, too...BWAHAHAHA!!
"Devolve Power Outta the Federal Leviathan and Back to the States, Nobody reads your crap. And you're an asshole...
Day 20 of Packrat refusing to register here. Day 18 of Boofer The One Eyed Wonder Bot refusing to answer: When is Blackwell going to have the recount? Jan 30, 2006 ... by saveliberty (Proud to be Head Snowflake, Bushbot...
Domer stands eagerly in the queue of Boy Blunder's knob gobblers...
Day 20 of Packrat refusing to register here. Day 18 of Boofer The One Eyed Wonder Bot refusing to answer: When is Blackwell going to have the recount? Jan 30, 2006 ... by saveliberty (Proud to be Head Snowflake, Bushbot...
He has no use for constitutional government as he's a lobbyist. He wants an activist government on the take from which he can extract taxpayer paid for goodies. With Obama someone else gets the goodies this cycle. Domer no likey.
In all honesty, I don't think war really likes Obama's moronic arrogance any more than you or I, but war's thrown his hat in the ring as a defender of an ever-expanding, omnipotent Federal Leviathan, so that means he's gotta be an Obamabot...LOL!! Deep down, I think war wants to be a libertarian...but libertarianism is pretty much the polar 180 degree OPPOSITE of the ObamaNation...MUD BTW...I can't explain it other than to say, "RATS ARE STOOOPIDER THAN DIRT!!"
"Devolve Power Outta the Federal Leviathan and Back to the States, I would disagree and acknowledge the utmost loyalty war shows to his lord god Obama. The way he kneels in reverence to the King is admirable. While posters like go65 and mininggold would just swallow when pleasuring Obama, war gargles. His intolerance to any who dare question our messiah is most noteworthy. Note how he quickly properly labels these infidels as "assholes" or "stupid." We must honor war in all his sycophancy.
My candidate was Ron Paul. He must have been yours too as McCain would have been Obama light with the green stuff and health care. But you really couldn't stand the guy as he wouldn't sponsor legislation giving away the treasury to your cohorts. Fleecing the tax payers is big business and we can't let some constitutional abiding candidate get in the way of the robbery. You should be enjoying your country, domer, as you worked long and hard to achieve exactly what we have now with YOUR Messiah at the helm. Maybe you have grand kids or great grands ready to die in Iraq and Afghanistan.... that would be the crowning glory to your life.
You're never going to get a coherent response out of gomer...
Day 21 of Packrat refusing to register here. Day 19 of Boofer The One Eyed Wonder Bot refusing to answer: When is Blackwell going to have the recount? Jan 30, 2006 ... by saveliberty (Proud to be Head Snowflake, Bushbot...
No but every time he posts his BS here he will get similar from me. The chickshit domer doesn't even have the balls to post under his LP name..... he's such a loser. It's not like he's been banned under that name. He intentionally wants to deceive, a tried and true neocon trait.
He's a ballless wonder...I'd call him uniquely unclever but then there's Boofer...
Day 21 of Packrat refusing to register here. Day 19 of Boofer The One Eyed Wonder Bot refusing to answer: When is Blackwell going to have the recount? Jan 30, 2006 ... by saveliberty (Proud to be Head Snowflake, Bushbot...
Tila Tequila's single again, right? Hmmm...she's just my type...MUD
"Devolve Power Outta the Federal Leviathan and Back to the States,war ... little king of the grade school snow pile !
#36. To: mininggold (#35)
#37. To: BorisY (#36)
I'm from badeye country - buckeye !
#38. To: Murron (#32)
(Edited)
#39. To: mininggold (#37)
#40. To: war (#38)
"Had I you'd have been sold years ago...At a yard sale..".
#41. To: Murron (#40)
#42. To: war (#41)
That was one of those that you shouldn't have tried to top...in that vein...you and the Boof are like New Jersey...perfect together...
#43. To: Murron (#42)
#44. To: Murron, BorisY, yukon (#42)
Localities, and Individuals as Prescribed in the US Constitution."
#45. To: Murron, war, Fred Mertz (#42)
"...it looks as if all your posts, on all the threads lately have just become one long, boring, obnoxious flame..."
Localities, and Individuals as Prescribed in the US Constitution."
#46. To: BorisY (#39)
Localities, and Individuals as Prescribed in the US Constitution."
#47. To: war (#43)
Bozo me then. No matter what I write it'll never approach the level of disgust of the felch job that you're doing on Boofer...
#48. To: Mudboy Slim (#44)
#49. To: Abu el Banat (#48)
Stop spamming the site with your useless shit you fucking idiot.
#50. To: Mudboy Slim (#45)
#51. To: Murron (#47)
#52. To: Murron, war (#47)
"...grow up already!"
Localities, and Individuals as Prescribed in the US Constitution."
#53. To: war (#45)
"...war's living off his past glories...he lost his home base, now he's floundering around like the MORONIC IGNORAMUS he's been all along."
Localities, and Individuals as Prescribed in the US Constitution."
#54. To: Mudboy Slim (#53)
Nobody reads your crap. And you're an asshole...
#55. To: Mudboy Slim (#52)
RG, you are amongst the last of the non-Obamabot MORONS not to DELETE the infamously pencil-necked girleyman (aka "war") from their list of potentially intersting human beings. One thing we all gotta learn at some point in our posting histories, "IGNORE THE RAT-TROLL WEANIES" (like war)...MUD
#56. To: Mudboy Slim (#53)
#57. To: war (#56)
Nobody reads your crap. And you're an asshole...
#58. To: mininggold, A K A Stone, war (#57)
"He's a forum killer..."
Localities, and Individuals as Prescribed in the US Constitution."
#59. To: Mudboy Slim (#58)
(Edited)
"ABOLISH THE FIRST AMENDMENT"
#60. To: mininggold (#57)
#61. To: Mudboy Slim (#52)
#62. To: obama is my overlord (#61)
war is not a "weanie." he is a fine American who shows the proper love for his savior, Barack Obama.His desire to perrform oral sex on our lord is most commendable.
#63. To: Mudboy Slim (#58)
Or maybe you can git Nancy "The Botox Bee-ahhhtch" Pelosi to introduce legislation to "ABOLISH THE FIRST AMENDMENT" fer MUD...you know ol' Barry "The RAT-Messiah" Soetoro will sign that legislation the minute it reaches his desk...LOL!!
#64. To: obama is my overlord, war (#61)
Localities, and Individuals as Prescribed in the US Constitution."
#65. To: Mudboy Slim (#64)
(Edited)
#66. To: mininggold (#62)
#67. To: war (#66)
(Edited)
Domer stands eagerly in the queue of Boy Blunder's knob gobblers...
#68. To: obama is my overlord, war (#61)
(Edited)
"...he is a fine American who shows the proper love for his savior, Barack Obama."
Localities, and Individuals as Prescribed in the US Constitution."
#69. To: Mudboy Slim (#68)
In all honesty, I don't think war really likes Obama's moronic arrogance
#70. To: obama is my overlord (#69)
I would disagree and acknowledge the utmost loyalty war shows to his lord god Obama. The way he kneels in reverence to the King is admirable. While posters like go65 and mininggold would just swallow when pleasuring Obama, war gargles.
#71. To: mininggold (#70)
#72. To: war, obama is my overlord domer... but too chicken to admit it (#71)
(Edited)
You're never going to get a coherent response out of gomer.
#73. To: mininggold (#72)
#74. To: obama is my overlord (#69)
Localities, and Individuals as Prescribed in the US Constitution."
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