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American John Walker Lindh is seen in this undated photo obtained Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2002, from a religious school where he studied for five months in Bannu, 304 kilometers (190 miles) southwest of Islamabad, Pakistan. Lindh, convicted nearly a decade ago of supporting the Islamic State as a teenager has now been accused of violating his terms of release by meeting with convicted Taliban supporter John Walker Lindh. (AP Photo, File)

FBI: ‘American Taliban’ John Walker Lindh meets with released extremist

By Matthew Barakat - Associated Press

Illustration on John Walker Lindh by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Once a terrorist always a terrorist

By Cal Thomas

FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2002 file photo, John Walker Lindh, far right, leaves the Alexandria Detention Center in Alexandria, Va., before dawn, on the way to his first appearance in a nearby federal court. Lindh, the young Californian who became known as the American Taliban after he was captured by U.S. forces in the invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, is set to go free Thursday, May 23, 2019, after nearly two decades in prison. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

John Walker Lindh release block sought by Trump

Associated Press

FILE - American John Walker Lindh is seen in this undated file photo obtained Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2002, from a religious school where he studied for five months in Bannu, 304 kilometers (190 miles) southwest of Islamabad, Pakistan. Lindh, the young Californian who became known as the American Taliban after he was captured by U.S. forces in the invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, is set to go free Thursday, May 23, 2019, after nearly two decades in prison. (AP Photo, File)

The Latest: Trump says Lindh will be watched closely

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FILE - This file image taken Dec. 1, 2001, from television footage in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, shows John Walker Lindh, right, claiming to be an American Taliban volunteer. Lindh, the young Californian who became known as the American Taliban after he was captured by U.S. forces in the invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, is set to go free Thursday, May 23, 2019, after nearly two decades in prison. (AP Video, File)

AP Was There: The roots of the ‘American Taliban’

By JUSTIN PRITCHARD - Associated Press

In this file image taken from video broadcast Dec. 19, 2001, John Walker Lindh is seen during an interview soon after his capture. According to CNN, the interview took place Dec. 2, 2001. Lindh, the young Californian who became known as the American Taliban after he was captured by U.S. forces in the invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, is set to go free Thursday, May 23, 2019, after nearly two decades in prison. (CNN via AP) **FILE**

John Walker Lindh, ‘American Taliban,’ released from prison after 17 years

By Bailey Vogt - The Washington Times

In this May 27, 2002, file photo Shannon Spann, widow of CIA officer Johnny "Mike" Spann, and her three children, from left, Emily, 4, Alison, 10, and Jake, 11 months, visit the grave of their lost husband and father on Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. Spann, the first American killed in the Afghan war, was part of a small group of CIA paramilitary officers who went into Afghanistan just 16 days after the al-Qaida attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo/Mia Aigotti, File)

Alison Spann, daughter of CIA officer Mike Spann, rips ‘American Taliban’ John Walker Lindh release

Associated Press

FILE - American John Walker Lindh is seen in this undated file photo obtained Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2002, from a religious school where he studied for five months in Bannu, 304 kilometers (190 miles) southwest of Islamabad, Pakistan. Lindh, the young Californian who became known as the American Taliban after he was captured by U.S. forces in the invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, is set to go free Thursday, May 23, 2019, after nearly two decades in prison. (AP Photo, File)

“American Taliban” John Walker Lindh is released from prison

By MATTHEW BARAKAT - Associated Press

FILE - American John Walker Lindh is seen in this undated file photo obtained Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2002, from a religious school where he studied for five months in Bannu, 304 kilometers (190 miles) southwest of Islamabad, Pakistan. Lindh, the young Californian who became known as the American Taliban after he was captured by U.S. forces in the invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, is set to go free Thursday, May 23, 2019, after nearly two decades in prison. (AP Photo, File)

John Walker Lindh, ‘American Taliban,’ to be released from prison

By Matthew Barakat - Associated Press

FILE - This file image taken Dec. 1, 2001, from television footage in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, shows John Walker Lindh, right, claiming to be an American Taliban volunteer. Lindh, the young Californian who became known as the American Taliban after he was captured by U.S. forces in the invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, is set to go free Thursday, May 23, 2019, after nearly two decades in prison. (AP Video, File)

‘American Taliban’ fighter to be released after 17 years

By MATTHEW BARAKAT - Associated Press

American-born Taliban fighter John Walker Lindh appears in this undated file photo obtained from a religious school where he studied for five months in Bannu, near Islamabad, Pakistan. (AP Photo) ** FILE **

U.S.-born Taliban fighter wins prison prayer lawsuit

By Charles Wilson - Associated Press

Illustration Terrorists' Justice by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

DUNLEAVY: Terrorists in jail demand their ‘rights’

By Patrick Dunleavy

John Walker Lindh

Top U.S. prison chaplain: Muslim clerics advised on prayer policy

By Charles Wilson - Associated Press

John Walker Lindh, serving a 20-year sentence in a Terre Haute prison for aiding the Taliban in Afghanistan, adheres to a school of Islam that requires group prayer five times a day. (Associated Press)

Taliban militant says prison violating his right to pray

By Charles Wilson - Associated Press

John Walker Lindh

American Taliban fighter fights prison prayer rule

By Charles Wilson - Associated Press

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By THE WASHINGTON TIMES