Lindh’s early release angers world, state, local leaders
This image made from television footage made in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, Saturday Dec.1, 2001, shows John Walker Lindh at right, claiming to be an American Taliban volunteer calling himself Abdul Hamid. Lindh was among survivors of the fortress prison revolt driven from tunnels there flooded by the northern alliance. Man at left is unidentified. (AP Photo/APTN)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Much to the dismay of world, state and local leaders, John Walker Lindh, dubbed the American Taliban, was granted an early release from federal prison on Thursday, May 23, after serving 17 years of a 20-year sentence.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo slammed the release on Fox News Thursday, calling it "unexplainable and unconscionable.”