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âTaliban Johnâ Attacked in Prison
Edited for brevityVICTORVILLE, Calif. â John Walker Lindh, the "American Taliban" who is serving a 20-year sentence in federal prison, may have been attacked behind bars by one or more white supremacists in this desert community northeast of Los Angeles, it was reported Thursday. FBI officials said they have been alerted and do not know if Lindh, 21, had been injured. "I can confirm there was an incident regarding Lindh Monday night," FBI spokeswoman Laura Bosley told the San Bernardino Sun. "There was a report that Lindh was assaulted by another inmate but I cannot disclose any details beyond that." George Harris, an attorney with the San Francisco firm that represents Lindh, said he was not aware of any incident regarding his client and was concerned for his safety. "I don't know anything about an attack," Harris said. "We would be concerned if my client would be in danger." Federal Bureau of Prisons spokesman Dan Dunne told the newspaper that the agency does not release information about inmates unless a crime has been committed within prison walls that is prosecutable... Lindh was placed in general population last month at the request of his attorneys and was working as an orderly cleaning indoors where guards could watch him closely, an anonymous source told the newspaper. Lindh had been in special housing similar to solitary confinement for his protection since Monday, the source said. Here's a clarifying excerpt from the orginal FoxNews article...The FBI is investigating an attack by a federal prison inmate on John Walker Lindh, who is imprisoned for helping the Taliban in Afghanistan. "There was an assault and we have a pending investigation," FBI spokesman Ed Cogswell said. He said he couldn't comment on the details of an ongoing probe. FBI's involved because it's a federal prison... Another law enforcement source said Lindh was uninjured. "It was a minor incident, a prison fight. He got a little scraped up, but he's fine. One guy was picking on him," said this source, speaking on condition of anonymity. The source said it wasn't possible to immediately provide information on Lindh's attacker. Note that it's just "one guy," not Heinrich Himmler, Jr... The San Bernardino Sun received an anonymous tip early Tuesday that Lindh had been attacked, possibly by white supremacists. The brownshirts come in via the anomymous tipster, who could well have an ax to grind... "Yes, I'd like to inform your newspaper that John Lindh Walker, who is incarcerated in Victorville, was assaulted this night by a white supremacist organization that is imprisoned there. Thank you," the male caller said in a voice message. There aren't any organizations imprisoned in federal prisons, though there are lots of members of same. It could be so, it could also be that one man's Rotary Club is another man's white supremacist organization... Posted by: Dar Steckelberg 2003-03-06 |
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