Derec
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'American Taliban' released from prison, a key case for questions about radicals re-entering society
WTF? He was supposed to serve 20 years (already way too short, but he got a sweet plea deal), but he is being released three years early for "good behavior".
"Good behavior" that included parising ISIS and translating Islamist propaganda.
How the hell is he eligible for early release? And he'll be off parole in mere three years? Whoever is responsible for this needs to be fired.
WTF? He was supposed to serve 20 years (already way too short, but he got a sweet plea deal), but he is being released three years early for "good behavior".
"Good behavior" that included parising ISIS and translating Islamist propaganda.
CNN said:According to the NCTC report, as of May 2016, Lindh "continued to advocate for global jihad and to write and translate violent extremist texts." In March 2016, the report says, he "told a television news producer that he would continue to spread violent extremist Islam upon his release."
Lindh had made "pro ISIS statements to various reporters," the Bureau of Prisons report also stated.
In an email to his father included in the BOP report, Lindh said that he was "not interested in renouncing my beliefs or issuing condemnations."
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On Wednesday, a local NBC News station in Los Angeles released excerpts from correspondence a producer there had with Lindh from behind bars, where Lindh said in 2015 he thought ISIS was doing a "spectacular job."
"The Islamic State is clearly very sincere and serious about fulfilling the long-neglected religious obligation of establishing a caliphate through armed struggle, which is the only correct method," Lindh told the producer, according to the report.
How the hell is he eligible for early release? And he'll be off parole in mere three years? Whoever is responsible for this needs to be fired.