In Defense of John Walker Lindh

NEWSWEEK WEB EXCLUSIVE ^ | March 16,2002 | By Karen Breslau

[Teacup]

When John Walker Lindh was captured in Afghanistan last December, ,b>he told reporters that he joined the Taliban because his “heart became attached to them.” But according to documents his lawyers filed in federal court in Virginia on Friday, Lindh actually feared his comrades more than he loved them. After learning of the September 11 attacks, the documents say, Lindh “was obviously disillusioned...and wanted to leave his Taliban unit but could not do so for fear of death.”

[Teacup]

Poor little Johnny Talaban. He's just a victim, NOT!

[Teacup]

PING

[mountaineer]

What medical records? I thought Jihad Johnny's lawyers were claiming he didn't receive medical attention from those mean, nasty Americans.

[Shermy]

If he was scared when he captured at the prison, he would have said he did NOT support the bombings of the WTC. But he said he supported them. He's a true believer and we should take him at his word. Not his lawyer's word later.

[Teacup]

Oh that's true! The lawyers were complaining how poor little Johnny didn't recieve proper medical care. Good catch mountaineer.

[pubmom]

His story changes as many times as a hospital nursery changes diapers.

[Teacup]

Didn't he also tell his father how he supported the bombing of the Cole? Gee, that doesn't sound like someone who was afraid. He could have left when the USS Cole was bombed.

[Teacup]

Stinky diapers too, I bet, because he's full of crap, IMHO.

[Zeroisanumber]

Burn and die little terrorist.

[StarFan]

Didn't read the entire thread because BS is still BS regardless how they try and spin it. His e-mails sent prior to 9/11 speak volumes and there's little wiggle room for this worm.

[SCOOGIE]

THERE IS NO DEFENSE !!!!

[SCOOGIE]

AMEN!

[cactusSharp]

remember that many part series...kha khan(sp) ?????? I say...impale him......hehehehe

[TheRedSoxWinThePennant]

mark my words this scumbag will be the new cause of the wacko left replacing that mummia cop killer in pa. A year from now there will be wacko commie hollywood types holding rallies "free john walker!!"

[g'nad]

Don't even get me started on this P.O.S....

Everyone one's a stinkin' victim...blame the parents, blame the schools, blame the Al Qaeda, blame his interrogators...what a crock...

He dug his own grave...now let him rot in it...

[Liz]

Lindh’s lawyers say that all of the information they seek will demonstrate the “highly coercive
conditions under which the interrogations upon which the government relies took place.”

....not to mention the highly coercive actions which took place on 9/11......

[Teacup]

I say, "Get a rope."

[g'nad]

Don't even get me started on this P.O.S....

Everyone one's a stinkin' victim...blame the parents, blame the schools, blame the Al Qaeda, blame his interrogators...what a crock...

He dug his own grave...now let him rot in it...

[HardStarboard]

Johnny Taliban will learn what "victim" means if and when he is aquitted!!

[g'nad]

Ack!! Double post!!!

[Teacup]

There's no shortage of ideas of what most patriots want to do to this scum bag.

[Teacup]

First his defense tried to say that little Johnny talaban didn't have access to U.S. newspapers,and he didn't know what was going on, but he could email his mommy. Didn't he also tell his mommy, "Bush is your president, not mine" ? He's toast and he knows it.

[Kenny Bunk]

Real pity FBI man Braga wasn't the arresting officer. Woulda been cheaper.

[Teacup]

Well you know how it goes. Now that he's all cleaned up and eats good, and is back home, he suddenly realizes he's in big trouble. Like Rush says, "All he has to say is I'm sorry" right? NOT!

[Don Carlos]

Get a rope is right. Jihad Johnny is a tactical mistake. He should have been one of the casualties, thrown anonymously into a mass grave after the battle. Too late now, gotta play out the game.

I have a feeling this will end up a cause celebre of the left.

[Teacup]

Hey college student gotta have someone to idolize, LOL.

[Bagehot]

Precisely. He's dead whichever way you slice it. I'd personally like to drop him off at a fire house in NYC, and have him introduced to the delights of a 4 inch hose in the rear end. Let him see what it's like to explode.

[Teacup]

ROFLOL, yeah you're right. "OOPS! Didn't mean to shoot you."

[Teacup]

ROFLOL, yeah you're right. "OOPS! Didn't mean to shoot you."

[Teacup]

Double post here too. Must be a glitch somewhere.

[Texbob]

I think an old time firing squad would fix Walker's defence just fine.

[Mike Darancette]

Lindh will have to put his hand on the Bible (not the Koran), swear to tell the truth and testify in his own behalf. It's basically Lindh's word against EVERYONE.

[William Tell]

From the article: ' By January, when the government was preparing charges against Lindh, his lawyers say, Justice Department officials were relying not on original notes from the December interviews with Lindh, but on secondhand reports that “reflect, consciously or not, developing theories of the prosecution’s case.” '

Since many believe that the government's case is so strong, it strikes me as odd that the government is not able to clearly document their interrogations of Lindh. He is the only American we hear about that was captured in Afghanistan and his identity has been known since just after his capture.

The government's inability to keep accurate records suggests that the government is incompetent or the government wishes for an outcome which would not be forthcoming if they kept accurate records. I have seen this behavior before and I know what it means.

[Pushi]

Poor Johnny Talaban! If they let that sonofabitch go free, his life will not be worth a plug nickle.

[texson66]

Only if he STAYS in the US. He'll have a hero's welcome in the Arab world (after TV appearances on Larry King, Rosie O'Doughnut, and Jerry Springer).

[Teacup]

I agree with you 100% Thorn11cav. Why spend my time and money on this guy? This guy was caught with his hand in the cookie jar, now he wants sympathy. I honestly think, he had something to do with Span's death. I have no proof, just a gut feeling. Mrs. Span will attend the court hearing, she said as much.

[Teacup]

If he gets aquitted, he won't stay in the U.S. IMHO. I bet he splits back to the middle east, a hero?

[Teacup]

I think the government has far more info on this tratior than we know. I bet if we start a google search, we can come up on all kinds of quotes his lawyers, his parents and little Johnny have made that contridict this article.

[TexKat]

Lindh will have to put his hand on the Bible (not the Koran)

The Bible means nothing to Lindh.

[TexKat]

If he gets aquitted, he won't stay in the U.S. IMHO. I bet he splits back to the middle east, a hero?

If so, on his return to the mid-east, let it be via a one seater remote control plane operated by the NY Finest.

[PhilDragoo]

Taliban John Information And Analysis About The Case Of John Walker

Provided By Henry Mark Holzer, Professor Emeritus, Brooklyn Law School

[Teacup]

The Bible means nothing to Lindh. ...................................So true.

[Teacup]

Thanks Phil. Fantastic.

[PhilDragoo]

After learning of the September 11 attacks, the documents say, Lindh “was obviously disillusioned...and wanted to leave his Taliban unit but could not do so for fear of death.”

This is unmitigated crap.

It shares that quality with Taliban John's father (who left Lucy Lawless for a bathhouse operator) bleating how much TJ "loves America", "would never do anything to hurt America"--

And the Buddhist Lucy Lawless "thanking God" TJ was back safe and sound--

These mouth-breathers sent Damian to Yemen on a Hate America Scholarship--

Where he applauded the bombing of the Cole.

The medical care contradiction has been hanging around this punk's neck for a long time. Denied medical care, but was on pain relievers, so, King's X.

[Teacup]

Absolutely!!!!!! I agree with you 100%.

[Free the USA]

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[HardStarboard]

>>> he won't stay in the U.S. IMHO<<<

He had better move fast - it is probable that there will be patriots looking for his sorry buttski.

[Revolting cat!]

"Johnny loves America!", "We love America!", now this Barbra Streisand; a show of puppets on a string pulled by Johnny's high flying attorneys. Lessons of past 9 years learned well - whatever you can get away with, the media is your friend, gullible soccer moms will swallow anything, "we'll just have to win!"

[StarFan]

"Bush is your president, not mine" Yup that's indeed what he said and I pray those words come back to haunt him. Frankly, I think it will be difficult to get a fair minded jury this early in the game. We have short memories but NOT THAT SHORT.