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...Youth is not absolution for treachery," Attorney General John Ashcroft said today in announcing charges against John Walker Lindh. "Misdirected Americans cannot receive direction in murderous ideology." Lindh is in a bad place, but he's not in the worst possible position: The charges he currently faces do not carry the death penalty, although Ashcroft has made it clear the government is investigating other charges that could result in Walker's death...
...government's complaint (arrived at via joint meetings between the National Security Council and the State and Justice Departments), hinges on the belief that while Walker joined Taliban forces months before the terror attacks on the U.S., he continued to fight alongside Taliban members even after he learned of plans to carry out terrorism, and even after he learned of the bloodshed at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon...
...Walker was captured by U.S. forces in November, after allegedly taking part in a prison uprising in Mazar-i-sharif. He has since been held on a military ship in the Arabian...
...According to government reports, Walker joined a paramilitary camp in May of 2001, where he was advised by fellow trainees to tell anyone who asked that he was Irish, not American. After his training, he was given a choice of traveling to Kashmir or fighting in Afghanistan with the Taliban. He chose to join the Taliban, telling his superiors, "I am a Muslim, ready to go to the front lines to fight...
...Walker deserves no compassion. He, at a minimum, stood by while fellow Americans were attacked and murdered in Afghanistan. He did nothing. The U.S. should prosecute Walker to the fullest extent possible. MATT O'CONNOR St. Louis...