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A spokesman said Wednesday that Anderson was charged Thursday, the day he was arrested at the Army base about 30 miles south of Seattle.

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Anderson has been appointed a military defense lawyer, who has not been identified.

The spokesman says the alleged conduct occurred between January 22 and February 11.

The 26-year-old Lynnwood man is a member of a tank crew preparing to be deployed to Iraq. Anderson is a 2002 Washington State University graduate who converted to Islam in college.

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Charging papers say Anderson disclosed information to U.S. military personnel he thought were members to al-Qaida.

It was information about U.S. troop strength, movements, equipment, tactics, weapons systems and methods of killing U.S. Army personnel. He's also accused of giving sketches of tanks and a CD with copies of Anderson's identification documents.

If convicted, Anderson could face a maximum penalty of death.

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