Well, I'm not a peabrained lazy a-hole but I have yet to see any evidence that Johnny Jihad was anything more than an irresponsible kid, doing something stupid, and got caught at the wrong time.
He joined the Taliban before 9/11 and before anyone on this board even knew what the hell the Taliban was. Sure, they're a bunch of violent womenbeating thugs, but until 9/11 who gave a shit? It's their corner of the world, let them do what they want. It wasn't the Taliban that flew the planes into the WTC, it was a separate terrorist org that the Taliban simply allowed to remain in Afghanistan.
I'm willing to bet big money that Lindh had nothing to do with 9/11, the death of CIA Agent Spann, the prison uprising, or anything else that people are associating him with. Just because he was there with them doesn't mean he had anything to do with it. The fact that the govt let him plead to non-terrorism charges supports my argument. I'd bet big money that he would have been acquitted at trial of most if not all of the charges. Personally, I think he's been railroaded since day 1. I'm willing to bet that some of the people at Gitmo are innocent too. Which is not to say that some of them aren't dangerous.
The U.S. Govt has taken a very cavalier attitude and played fast and loose recently with the issue of who is a terrorist and who isn't. It's starting to irritate me.
Flame suit on.