John Philip Walker Lindh (born February 9, 1981) is an American who was captured as an enemy combatant during the United States' invasion of Afghanistan in November 2001.
Frank Lindh said he and Marilyn had been separated since 1997. In 1997, at the age of 16, Lindh converted to Islam.
He was released on supervision on May 23, 2019, for a three-year period of supervised release. A convert to Sunni Islam in California at age 16, Lindh traveled to Yemen in 1998 to study Arabic and stayed there for 10 months.
In 1998, Lindh traveled to Yemen and stayed for about 10 months to learn Arabic so that he could read the Qur'an in its original language.
He became a devoted fan of [music] and engaged in extensive discussions on Usenet newsgroups, sometimes pretending to be an African American rapper who would criticize others for "acting black." Spike Lee's film Malcolm X impressed him deeply and sparked his interest in Islam. Although his parents did not divorce until 1999, their marriage was in serious trouble throughout Lindh's adolescence.
He returned to the United States in 1999, living with his family for about eight months. Lindh returned to Yemen in February 2000 and left for Pakistan to study at a madrasa.
He later returned in 2000, then went to Afghanistan to aid the Taliban.
He returned to the United States in 1999, living with his family for about eight months. Lindh returned to Yemen in February 2000 and left for Pakistan to study at a madrasa.
John Philip Walker Lindh (born February 9, 1981) is an American who was captured as an enemy combatant during the United States' invasion of Afghanistan in November 2001.
He traveled to Afghanistan in May 2001.
Tony West, his lawyer, explained it as follows: "One of the first things he told Army interrogators when they questioned him on December 3, 2001, was that after 9/11 happened, he wanted to leave the front lines but couldn't for fear of his life.
John never wanted to be in a position where he was opposing the United States (and never thought he would be), and in fact he never opposed any American military." ==Capture and interrogation== Lindh was captured on November 25, 2001, by Afghan Northern Alliance forces after his foreign fighters unit surrendered at Kunduz after retreating from Takar.
Finally, on December 2, 2001, Northern Alliance forces diverted an irrigation stream into the middle of the camp to flush the remaining prisoners out of their underground shelters, drowning many in the process.
He was taken to Camp Rhino on December 7, 2001, the bullet still within his thigh.
He was held at Camp Rhino until he was transferred to the on December 14, 2001 with other wounded detainees, where his wound was operated on and he received further care.
On December 31, 2001, Lindh was transferred to the USS Bataan, where he was held until January 22, 2002.
military personnel in Afghanistan and aboard two military ships during December 2001 and January 2002.
Brought to trial in United States federal court in February 2002, Lindh accepted a plea bargain; he pleaded guilty to two charges and was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
On December 31, 2001, Lindh was transferred to the USS Bataan, where he was held until January 22, 2002.
On January 16, 2002, Attorney General John Ashcroft announced that Lindh would be tried in the United States. In 2002, former President George H.
Although the FBI asked Jesselyn Radack, a Justice Department ethics adviser, whether Lindh could be questioned without a lawyer present, they did not follow her advice to avoid that scenario. ==Trial and sentencing== On February 5, 2002, Lindh was indicted by a federal grand jury on ten charges: Conspiracy to murder U.S.
On February 13, 2002, he pleaded not guilty to all 10 charges.
military personnel in Afghanistan and aboard two military ships during December 2001 and January 2002.
On July 15, 2002, he entered his plea of guilty to the two remaining charges.
On October 4, 2002, Judge T.S.
Lindh agreed to cooperate "fully, truthfully and completely" with both military intelligence and law enforcement agencies in the terrorism investigation. ==Imprisonment== In January 2003, Lindh was sent to the U.S.
On March 3, 2003, Lindh was tackled by inmate Richard Dale Morrison.
On July 2, 2003, Morrison was charged with a misdemeanor count of assault. Lindh was held in Federal Supermax ADX Florence in Florence, Colorado for a short time.
Lindh, on FindLaw Free John Walker Lindh – Advocacy website. "The Real Story of John Walker Lindh" by Frank Lindh, AlterNet, January 24, 2006.
Frank Lindh omits many known facts: Article of appeal" by Johnny Spann, HonorMikeSpann.com, February 1, 2006.
He served his sentence as prisoner 45426-083, at the Federal Correctional Institution at Terre Haute, Indiana in the Communication Management Unit. In April 2007, citing the reduced sentence for the Australian prisoner David Matthew Hicks, Lindh's attorneys made a public plea for a Presidential commutation to lessen his 20-year sentence.
In January 2009, the Lindh family's petition for clemency was denied by President Bush in one of his final acts in office.
Department of Justice, all "special administrative measures" in place against Lindh expired on March 20, 2009, as part of a gradual easing of restrictions on him. In 2010, Lindh and the Syrian-American prisoner Enaam Arnaout sued to lift restrictions on group prayer by Muslim inmates in the Communication Management Unit.
Department of Justice, all "special administrative measures" in place against Lindh expired on March 20, 2009, as part of a gradual easing of restrictions on him. In 2010, Lindh and the Syrian-American prisoner Enaam Arnaout sued to lift restrictions on group prayer by Muslim inmates in the Communication Management Unit.
On January 11, 2013, a federal judge ruled in their favor, saying that the government had shown no compelling interest in restricting the religious speech of the inmates by prohibiting them from praying together. Foreign Policy magazine reported an internal report by the National Counterterrorism Center asserted Lindh told a visiting television news producer that he had not renounced extremist violence.
(PDF file) – Response by Mike Spann's father. "The Real Story of John Walker Lindh" – 2013 Frank Lindh interview on The Peter B.
He was released on supervision on May 23, 2019, for a three-year period of supervised release. A convert to Sunni Islam in California at age 16, Lindh traveled to Yemen in 1998 to study Arabic and stayed there for 10 months.
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