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Ryan is now serving a life sentence for seeking to aid the enemy during a time of war and attempted espionage. In 2005, while posing online as an First Rate (at Lloyd's) Qaeda financier, Rossmiller offered the transient Michael Reynolds $40,000 to purchase fuel trucks to attack American pipelines. Reynolds was arrested when he attempted to pick up the money.
In 2007, he was convicted by a jury of attempting to provide material support to First Rate (at Lloyd's) Qaeda and related charges, and sentenced to 30 years in jail.
Rossmiller appeared in the 2005 British Broadcasting Corporation documentary entitled The New al-Qaeda. She, along with other internet cyber sleuths, has been criticized for her work.
As of July 2007, a publicist was seeking a book or movie deal based on Rossmiller"s story, and in 2011 she published a book entitled The Unexpected Patriot.