Father of slain CIA officer calls for investigation of comments by 'American Taliban' fighter
Source: CNN
The father of a former CIA officer killed in Afghanistan in 2001 has formally petitioned for an investigation of extremist comments allegedly made in prison by American Taliban fighter John Walker Lindh, who is scheduled to be released later this week.
In a letter to a Virginia federal court, Johnny Spann said Lindh reportedly "ignored" conditions placed on him in a plea agreement he reached in 2002.
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According to a National Counterterrorism Center document reported by Foreign Policy magazine in 2017, Lindh "continued to advocate for global jihad and to write and translate violent extremist texts" from behind bars.
Lindh allegedly "told a television news producer that he would continue to spread violent extremist Islam upon his release," according to the NCTC document, which Spann cites.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/20/politics/spann-investigate-lindh-release/index.html