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American Taliban moved from Virginia to California prison
Sac Bee ^ | 1/30/03 | AP

Posted on 01/30/2003 7:59:02 AM PST by NormsRevenge

Edited on 04/12/2004 5:47:47 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

VICTORVILLE, Calif. (AP) - John Walker Lindh, the American serving a 20-year sentence for helping the Taliban, has been transferred to a federal prison in this desert community northeast of Los Angeles.

Lindh, 21, arrived at the medium-security Federal Correctional Institution in Victorville on Saturday, under guard by federal marshals, authorities said. He had been held at a federal lockup in Virginia.


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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; US: California; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: jihadjohnny; johnniejihad; lindh; marinmanic; talibanjohnny

1 posted on 01/30/2003 7:59:02 AM PST by NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge
Seems like this is an upgrade in his conditions (from high security to medium, and closer to his family).

I wonder if that's a sign he's been cooperative with authorities.

2 posted on 01/30/2003 8:06:15 AM PST by 68skylark
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