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I was up and he worked with me. he is 29 years old, an intelligent young man. learned his english mostly from movies but its very good. he had a journalistic instinct which translators often dont. he helped track down two doctors who witnessed the last moments of mike span, who was the first american casualty after 9/11, cia officer, so he showed a real resourcefulness. we had great conversations. i remember us talking about movies. he was very interested in idioms and vernacular english. i reme...

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He doesnt need to be walking our streets especially when he has been linked to the death of an american. >> he moved to yemen about three years before 9/11. found himself during 9/11 in afghanistan where he was apprehended during the killing of mike span. joey, only have 20 seconds left here. you talk about what we could have done 17, 18, 19 years ago. what do you do now? >> now you look at everyone we have in custody and everyone were looking at prosecuting and plan for the future. as long as t...

Sglr >> listen, youre an anchor at the local station and you worked in washington. ill just threlet the viewers r it. what kind of response did you get from president trump basically saying this man is a terrorist and he ckilled your father. what do you think? >> so i didnt get any response from the president personally. i was told he has seen the letter. i wrote it two months ago. i ended up posting it to twitter this week as a last stitch effort, not even to see if anything would change the ou...

Mike spans father johnny who petitioned federal court to investigate. >> you need to find out for sure. is this guy still the same al qaeda member we put in jail? if hes still the al qaeda member we put in jail we need to throw the plea agreement away and do something else. >> reporter: lindhs parents maintained he was too young to understand what he had gotten himself into. >> its been exceedingly hard for us to think that most of the citizenry of this country believes that your son, your child...

Terrible decision, while hes there al qaeda launches 9/11 which triggers the war. american forces arrive. they arrest him. they put him in a prison. hes interrogated by a cia officer. and then shortly after that interrogation, there was a prison revolt in the facility, and that cia officer mike span was killed. no indication at the american john walker lind was involved in the cia officers death, but the fact that he was in the , that he was interrogated and in afghanistan after 9/11 and then th...

Tomorrow, but so someone would see that letter and remember who mike span was. he was not only the first american killed in action. he was someone who was a father, a son, a husband. hes loved, missed. he made an impact in the united states and abroad. and i wanted people to know that its not just john walker lindh being released tomorrow. theres another aspect to the story. its been 18 years. and as the daughter, i want to make sure hes always remembered. >> well put this picture up and leave o...

>> they say lindh continued to advocate for global jihad and write and translate violent extremists text and in this u.s. bureau of prisons document, he wrote to his father he was not interested in renouncing my believes. this is what concerns mike spans father, johnny, who petitioned federal court this tweak investigate. >> you need find out is this the same al qaeda member we put in jail? if he is, then we need tlo ethe plea agreement away and do something else. >> reporter: lindh parents clai...

Believes. this is what concerns mike spans father, johnny, who petitioned federal court this tweak investigate. >> you need find out is this the same al qaeda member we put in jail? if he is, then we need tlo ethe plea agreement away and do something else. >> reporter: lindh parents maintaining he was too young to understand what he ehad got himself into. >> its been exceedingly hard for us. to think that most of the citizenry of this country believes your son, your child is a terrorist. and its...