‘American Taliban’ Set for Release from Prison
Podcast |
KQED's Forum
Publisher |
KQED
Media Type |
audio
Categories Via RSS |
News
News Commentary
Politics
Publication Date |
May 23, 2019
Episode Duration |
00:22:45
Marin native John Walker Lindh, who became known as the "American Taliban" after he was captured in Afghanistan in 2001, is set for release after nearly two decades in federal prison for providing support to the Taliban. Lindh, 21 at the time, was present at a prison uprising that claimed the first U.S. casualty of the war, 32-year-old CIA officer Johnny Micheal Spann. Forum discusses Lindh’s release, and the upcoming challenge of how to deal with hundreds of people convicted of jihadist-related terrorism crimes since 2001 who are ending their prison terms.

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