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
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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.Mike Spann was killed in an uprising of Taliban prisoners in 2001 at a detention facility in Afghanistan where Lindh was being held. After charges that touched off a debate in the early days of the war on terror, Lindh, who was dubbed the"American Taliban," pleaded guilty in 2002 to aiding the Taliban.
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