Provided By
Henry Mark Holzer
Professor Emeritus, Brooklyn Law School
(Hankholzer@aol.com)
When my co-author and I wrote our soon-to-be-published
(for information see www.mcfarlandpub.com), about whether her 1972 trip to Hanoi and her activities there constituted treason, we had no idea that this arcane "mother of all crimes" - ignored since World War II - would ever again seize public attention as it has recently, because of the conduct of John Walker [Lindh].
As I've watched the print and electronic media coverage of the Walker case in recent weeks, I've been appalled by the ignorance displayed not only by the media, but by pundits and politicians - even lawyers - as they've pontificated about the legal aspects of the case. Unfortunately, there is a great deal of misinformation being bandied about - not only on the subject of treason - but on other crimes of which Walker may be guilty as well.
In an attempt to set the record straight, during the past few weeks I have written three widely published commentaries on the legal aspects of the Walker case, aimed at the lay reader. [All three are reprinted at www.talibanjohn.info]. These commentaries, in turn, generated many requests for interviews, as well as a large number of emails seeking further information.
Given my wish to continue exploring the complex and important legal issues surrounding Walker's culpability, due to time constraints I intend from now on to use www.talibanjohn.info as the means of communicating my thoughts about the case. Until Walker's fate is finally resolved, I'll be providing relevant information and analysis there on both the legal and political aspects of the case.
As to my qualifications, I've been a lawyer since 1959. From 1972 until 1995, I was a member of the faculty at Brooklyn Law School, where I am now Professor Emeritus. My fields of expertise are constitutional and appellate law, and I am the author or editor of six books and over one hundred articles, essays, reviews, etc. As noted above, I am co-author of "Aid and Comfort": Jane Fonda in North Vietnam, a book that explores and answers the question of whether Fonda's trip to Hanoi and her activities there constituted treason.