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Feds Loosen Restrictions on 'American Taliban'

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(Newser) – Federal prison officials are easing up a bit on John Walker Lindh, better known as the American Taliban, reports the Washington Post. All "special administrative measures" against Lindh will expire on Friday, meaning he'll be able to get more visitors, mail, and access to the media, among other things. Lindh, 28, has served 6 years of a 20-year sentence after he got captured fighting with the Taliban in Afghanistan.

Lindh's parents have long maintained that their son is no terrorist, that he simply fell under bad influences as a youth while abroad. President Bush rejected their request to commute his sentence as one of his last acts in office. Images of a captured Lindh caused a furor when they surfaced only months after the 9/11 attacks.

Marilyn Walker, left, and Frank Lindh, right, smile after a news conference in San Francisco, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2008.
Marilyn Walker, left, and Frank Lindh, right, smile after a news conference in San Francisco, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2008.   (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
This file television footage from 2001 in Afghanistan shows John Walker Lindh, right.
This file television footage from 2001 in Afghanistan shows John Walker Lindh, right.   (AP Photo/APTN)
An undated file photo of John Walker Lindh.
An undated file photo of John Walker Lindh.   (AP Photo/File)
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scootersrockin
Mar 17, 09 5:58 PM CDT
let him rot. Reply
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Rob
Mar 17, 09 6:10 PM CDT
Yes. Let him rot. Reply
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NutsInNY
Mar 17, 09 7:34 PM CDT
I watched the World Trade Center go down, and I say set him free. Reply
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NutsInNY
Mar 17, 09 7:37 PM CDT
Oops, I just did what I dislike: claiming some special ownership of 9/11 because of what I witnessed... Correction: I don't own it any more than any American; America was attacked, not just NYC... But, having said that, I still say set him free.
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Rob
Mar 17, 09 9:54 PM CDT
Fortunately you do not speak for the people of this country. What possible reason would there be to set him free? This guy is a criminal and should do his time. Anything less is a travesty or morality and justice. You should be ashamed just trying to be inflammatory. And you are right; you have no special ownership to anything involved with that day. Abomination.
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