National Briefing | Midwest: Indiana: Easing Rules on American Fighter for Taliban

Mar. 19, 2009
Federal prison officials are easing restrictions on an American-born soldier for the Taliban, John Walker Lindh, moves that his lawyer said would allow Mr. Lindh to tell his story for the first time. A spokesman for the Department of Justice, Dean Boyd, said the restrictions, which were imposed...
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