WASHINGTON â?? The parents of "American Taliban" John Walker Lindh, who is serving a 20-year sentence in the country's toughest federal prison, stepped up their request for his release Wednesday by noting that the first U.S. war crimes tribunal in Guantanamo Bay recently resulted in a sentence of nine months for an Australian detainee held in U.S. custody since late 2001.

"John has been in prison for more than five years," said his mother, Marilyn Walker. "It's time for him to come home."

Lindh's lead lawyer, James J. Brosnahan of San Francisco, called the effort "a simple cry for justice."

Lindh, who grew up in Marin County, left the United States when he was 18 to study Islam. In 2001 he was in Afghanistan, serving as a soldier for the Taliban army fighting the Northern Alliance.

Soon after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, he was taken into custody by U.S. military forces and returned to the United States; the government contended that he had been trained at an Al Qaeda terrorist camp.
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I'd release this piece of human trash into a tank of sharks. Notice how the lawyer is another San Francisco treat.......any suprise there?
Pelosi can't denounce Irans actions but instead goes to Syria.....now a San Fran lawyer trying to get time off for poor lil' Taliban Johnny.

Have a good one!:s4:
Psycho4Bud Reviewed by Psycho4Bud on . Release of 'American Taliban' is urged WASHINGTON â?? The parents of "American Taliban" John Walker Lindh, who is serving a 20-year sentence in the country's toughest federal prison, stepped up their request for his release Wednesday by noting that the first U.S. war crimes tribunal in Guantanamo Bay recently resulted in a sentence of nine months for an Australian detainee held in U.S. custody since late 2001. "John has been in prison for more than five years," said his mother, Marilyn Walker. "It's time for him to come home." Rating: 5