That's It, Put Her On The Payroll

[stillbornstew]

i almost couldn't believe this one. hire her now.


http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=3631801

[abudabit]

Once her son is off to school, Laura Mansfield settles in at her dining room table with her laptop and begins trolling Arabic-language message boards and chat rooms popular with jihadists.

Fluent in Arabic, the self-employed terror analyst often hacks into the sites, translates the material, puts it together and sends her analysis via a subscription service to intelligence agencies, law enforcement and academics.


Occasionally she comes across a gem, such as when she found a recent Osama bin Laden video before al-Qaida had announced it.

"I realized, oh my gosh, I'm sitting here, I'm a fat 50-year-old mom and I've managed to scoop al-Qaida," said Mansfield, who uses that name as a pseudonym because she receives death threats.

She sometimes spends 100 hours a week online, and she often finds items after word has begun spreading on the Arabic forums of an imminent release.

"It's really important to understand what the jihadists think and how they're planning on doing things," she said. "They're very vocal. They tell us what they're going to do and then they go out and do it."

Mansfield tips off her intelligence sources when she does find something new, part of an informal working relationship with the government.

"When I send them something, it's welcome," she said. "They thank me."

There have been times when an impending video release has kept her from a planned shopping trip with her daughter.

"It gets really challenging when you're trying to do that and cook spaghetti at the same time," she said.


There ya' go.

[Jimmy's Dignity]

"I realized, oh my gosh, I'm sitting here, I'm a fat 50-year-old mom and I've managed to scoop al-Qaida,"

:haha7: :haha7: :haha7: :haha7: :haha7:

[Kris_LTRMa]

she's probably discovered more than our so-called "U.S. intellgence"

[TrybalRage]

:haha7: :haha7: :haha7: :haha7: :haha7:

Hey, at least she's not deluding herself.

[Budyzir]

I'm giving her some serious respect and admiration.

[UCFGavin]

why would she give up her name and where she is?

[weeniewawa]

why would she give up her name and where she is?

"I realized, oh my gosh, I'm sitting here, I'm a fat 50-year-old mom and I've managed to scoop al-Qaida," said Mansfield, who uses that name as a pseudonym because she receives death threats.


I think she has that covered

[Arc Lite]

I'm giving her some serious respect and admiration.

X2

[UCFGavin]

I think she has that covered

lets hope it stays that way :o personally i would have preferred the anonymity haha

[burky79]

nice!
good for her.

respect, specially since she trashes herself... much respect.

[TreeFortRichard]

I get to "Scoop al-queda" every time my cat shits in the litter box...

[Fruit Monkey]

That's It, Put Her On The Payroll
ZHE IZ! DO YOU READ THE ARTICLEZ OR JUZT POZT LINKZ?

[Angelfuck]

no she isn't "whaa"

[Fruit Monkey]

no she isn't "whaa"


wow that gag iz reallly getting old

Fluent in Arabic, the self-employed terror analyst often hacks into the sites, translates the material, puts it together and sends her analysis via a subscription service to intelligence agencies, law enforcement and academics.

[Creampier]

A real documented case of an Arab fighting/sabotaging al-Qaeda and not apologizing for them?!!

Good for her!!

[Angelfuck]

wow that gag iz reallly getting old

Mansfield tips off her intelligence sources when she does find something new, part of an informal working relationship with the government.

"When I send them something, it's welcome," she said. "They thank me."

they're paying her in thank yous? "whaa" :p
this article is midleading

[stillbornstew]

ZHE IZ! DO YOU READ THE ARTICLEZ OR JUZT POZT LINKZ?

of course i read it. it states she works with the gov't tipping them off on what she learns. *vos voice* she's shelf employed. i didn't get the impression she
was employed directly by the NSA/CIA/FBI, she does does this for kicks. i don't think they'd be able to write that story if she were a gov't employee. i think what shes doing would be deemed classified/top secret.


kisses AF

[KneeKnee]

ZHE IZ! DO YOU READ THE ARTICLEZ OR JUZT POZT LINKZ?

1tz hard to tak3 y0u z3riouz w1th y0ur k3yb0ard ztill brok3n.