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Mike span's 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 he's still the al qaeda member we put in jail we need to throw the plea agreement away and do something else. >> reporter: lindh's parents maintained he was too young to understand what he had gotten himself into. >> it's been exceedingly hard for us to think that most of the citizenry of this country believes that your son, your child is a terrorist. it's a difficult moniker to remove. >> reporter: lindh will now be on a three-y...

Terrible decision, while he's there al qaeda launches 9/11 which triggers the war. american forces arrive. they arrest him. they put him in a prison. he's 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 officer's death, but the fact that he was in the , that he was interrogated and in afghanistan after 9/11 and then there was the prison revolt right after the interrogation made people upset and linked him to the d...

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. he's loved, missed. he made an impact in the united states and abroad. and i wanted people to know that it's not just john walker lindh being released tomorrow. there's another aspect to the story. it's been 18 years. and as the daughter, i want to make sure he's always remembered. >> we'll put this picture up and leave our viewers with that. no better words. i couldn't have said any better words than you said abo...

>> they say lindh continued to advocate for global jihad and write and translate violent extremists text and in this u.s. bureau of prison's document, he wrote to his father he was not interested in renouncing my believes. this is what concerns mike span's 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 claim his innocence over the years. maintaining he was too young to understand what he ehad got himsel...

Believes. this is what concerns mike span's 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. >> it's been exceedingly hard for us. to think that most of the citizenry of this country believes your son, your child is a terrorist. and it's a difficult moniker to, you know, to remove. >> reporter: lindh will now be on a three-year term...