This 50-year old mother of three spends all day working against jihadis. But, it’s her job:
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.
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“It gets really challenging when you’re trying to do that and cook spaghetti at the same time,” she said.
Thanks for what you do. Thanks for risking the death threats and living looking over your shoulder in order to fight against these barbarians. Thanks for fighting against those willing to kill not only themselves, but innocent children.
Thank you.
