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Wray:
"It's hard to imagine now
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after everything that's happened
in the brutal decades since,
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but the events
of September 11, 2001,
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were all but unimaginable
in mid-2000,
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when an earnest,
bookish California teenager
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named John Walker Lindh,
age 19,
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decided to travel to the
Middle East to study the Quran.
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The consequences
of that decision
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are a matter of public record.
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Two months after
the Twin Towers had fallen,
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six weeks
after the United States
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dropped its first bomb
on Afghanistan,
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a few hundred Taliban soldiers,
held as prisoners of war
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in an ancient
mud-and-brick fortress
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near Mazar-i-Sharif,
staged an uprising.
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All but 86 of those prisoners
would die,
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as well as a man named
Johnny Micheal Spann,
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who was serving as a CIA adviser
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to America's allies
on the ground.
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It was discovered that one of
the few surviving prisoners
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was an American -- Mr. Lindh.
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A media frenzy ensued."
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You know, as a fiction writer,
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you don't necessarily think
that what you write
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is going to immediately
have real-world consequences.
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I was probably
a little bit naive.
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I'd written some op-eds before,
but none of them had ever
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pissed people off to the degree
that this one did.
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"The fact that Mr. Lindh
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had enlisted
as a simple foot soldier
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in a strictly regional conflict
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between the Taliban
and a group of rival warlords
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availed him next to nothing,
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especially once his filthy,
bearded, wild-eyed face
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was broadcast around the world."
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Man: John Walker Lindh
is leaving prison much like
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he went in nearly two decades
ago, under a cloud --
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Wray:
"He found himself branded
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the 'American Taliban.'"
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Why in the world
would you take this man in?
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"America had captured
a clear villain
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in the otherwise bewildering,
morally muddy war on terror
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and understandably, perhaps,
we didn't want to let him go."
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...captured him
and put him in prison.
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"We still don't."
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The case of a criminal
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as universally reviled
as Mr. Lindh
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is an opportunity for a display
of righteous indignation
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to which virtually
no potential voter will object.
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For precisely
that reason, however,
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great caution is called for.
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His release, and the controversy
surrounding it,
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may prove a valuable test
of our ability
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to keep our worst impulses
in check.
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If John Walker Lindh
becomes the terrorist
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we've always accused him
of being,
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the fault will lie with us --
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with our ignorance,
and our intolerance --
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as much as with Mr. Lindh
himself."
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So my straightener
that I've ha-- Oh, wait.
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She's not in here -- died.
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I've had it
for, like, six years.
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Yeah, so that's gonna be
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a major...
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My dad had curly hair,
my aunt had curly hair,
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and my mom's mother
has curly hair,
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so I got it from all sides
of my family
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and I don't want
to lose it or damage it.
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So...
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Um...so two things...
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Actually,
I would say three.
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My dad always wanted me
to be aware
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of current events.
[ Zipper opens ]
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So, you know,
when 9/11 happened,
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our school didn't
show us the video.
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But when I got home, I sat with
my dad in front of the TV
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and watched that all night.
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Now, some people would say,
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"Oh, you shouldn't let your kids
see that kind of stuff.
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You know, it's --
Shelter them from that."
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But my dad never did.
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Like, when we would have
reading,
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like, we had to read something
for the night,
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my dad would pull, like,
newspaper clippings.
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I remember one time
I read this article
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in the newspaper called
"The Pacifist Claptrap,"
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and that was my reading
for the night.
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And he was like, "Don't --
don't write that down
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as what you read, but this is
what you're reading."
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So it was always important
as a kid to be informed
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on current events.
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And the second thing is
when I went to Afghanistan,
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we stayed
in General Dostum's houses.
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And every time we went
to see him, you know,
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for a dinner
or something like that,
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the news --
Fox News was always on.
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So at that point, you know,
at 9,
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I realized the reach
that being in the news
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and informing people goes, like,
even in Afghanistan,
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where all I see are mud huts
around me, the news is still,
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you know, at least reaching
some households.
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Of course, not everyone lives
like Gen. Dostum over there,
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but you just realize the reach
that has.
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And then the third reason
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is one of the worst days
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that I can remember
after my parents died
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was the day that we were
doing a show for Oprah.
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And we were filming at a park,
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and I was like,
"I don't -- I don't want this,
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like, I want to go home."
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And then the film crew
asks these kids
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to, like, get off the toys
and let us play
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so they could film us playing.
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And I was beyond mortified.
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It was one of the worst days
I can remember,
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and so I always felt like if I
could tell compassionate stories
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without overstepping my bounds,
that I needed to
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because I know there
are so many out there who don't.
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Looking back now, it's weird
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because when we would go
to Arlington National Cemetery,
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my dad was very particular about
how we walked to the cemetery.
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You always have to walk
behind the graves,
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and you never, like, step
on somebody's grave.
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And he sort of taught us
how the respectful way
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to navigate
through that cemetery,
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not knowing that a year later,
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he himself
would be buried there.
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Oh -- Hi.
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I was like,
"Is this car running?"
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[ Speaking indistinctly ]
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Wait.
What are you covering?
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Here. Do you want
your real key back?
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Did you watch the 10:00?
Probably not. It was a disaster.
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No, I did, actually.
I watched the --
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What happened
at the start?
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So the show wasn't loading
in the new automated system.
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So it started, like,
after the open and --
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Do I want to know?
No.
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Had John Walker Lindh
not been there that day,
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the prison uprising
would have still happened.
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My dad would have
still been killed.
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But when you add
John Walker Lindh,
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that's the point where
the story could have changed.
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It could have been
this American kid
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on a spiritual journey
gets lost.
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He finds an American...
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who comes to his rescue,
essentially,
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if he had told my dad and Dave,
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"Hey, this prison uprising
is gonna happen."
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Maybe no one, no Americans
would have had to die that day.
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But that's not what happened.
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So I think it just makes it
all the worse for our family,
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knowing that there was
an element in that prison
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that could have prevented
my dad's death.
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And he didn't.
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He chose to stay silent.
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So the story
would have been the same.
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I just think it could have
played out a lot differently
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if John Walker Lindh
had made different choices.
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Wray:
When I was writing my novel,
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I had to sort of imagine myself
in this town
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that I grew up in and how
desperately I wanted to escape.
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I grew up wanting to write
fiction and write novels,
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and I thought
that this was an episode,
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a footnote, if you will,
in America's war on terror
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that almost contained
everything else in microcosm.
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So I had done
a little bit of homework
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to sort of reverse-engineer
this sequence of choices
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all the way back
to Marin County
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and putting in a VHS tape
of "Malcolm X."
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But as far as I understand it,
that's really how it happened.
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You know, and I can imagine
that very clearly.
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Boettcher: Walker Lindh told
his questioners
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that he began
his journey to Islam
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after seeing the movie
"Malcolm X"
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when he was 12 years old.
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Plymouth Rock landed on us.
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Boettcher:
That launched an odyssey
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that took him from being
a teenage Muslim convert
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in northern California
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to an Arabic school
in Yemen to Pakistan.
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Wray: What could be more
American than that?
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Pop culture is what brought
John Walker Lindh
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to a tiny madrassa
near the border of Afghanistan,
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the most far-removed spot
you could imagine
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from where he began,
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which was just watching
a Spike Lee movie.
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Reporter: John Walker Lindh
stands accused of trying
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to kill his own countrymen,
and many wonder what drove him
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into the arms
and service of the Taliban.
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We found clues here at
the madrassa or religious school
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where he studied
for almost six months
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using his Muslim name, Sulayman.
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He abruptly left and left
behind his Arabic workbooks,
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his suitcase full of Western
clothes, even his toothpaste.
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It was as if he turned his back
forever on John Walker Lindh,
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the American.
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Wray: If someone spends a minute
or two trying to figure out
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how this could have happened,
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they're not gonna get anywhere
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and then essentially,
in exasperation,
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they'll just fall back on
the most knee-jerk explanation
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of "This kid was just
a bad apple.
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He was just a born traitor."
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He's expected to move
to Northern Virginia,
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just outside of D.C.
George.
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We'll see if they can
police that okay.
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Reporter #2: The American
Taliban, John Walker Lindh,
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released from federal prison
today after serving...
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Bernsten: John Walker Lindh,
38 years old.
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He's gonna be out and living
in your neighborhood in America.
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Personally,
I wanted to see him hung.
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Mike Spann, a dedicated
family man
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who was doing the right thing
for his country,
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winds up losing his life.
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I'm outraged by the whole thing.
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Radack: But even the history
of 9/11 --
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My kids are in high school.
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9/11 is not mentioned
in their history books,
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which is amazing to me.
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I don't know if it's just not
enough time has gone by
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for it to be considered
"history"
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or it just does not look good
for America because we were,
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I feel like, improvising
a lot of the response to 9/11
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because it was uncharted
territory.
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And improvising your response
to 9/11...
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[ Photograph flutters ]
...looks like this.
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This guy takes
a CIA officer's life,
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joins the Taliban,
is a traitor,
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doesn't want to --
you know, Death to Am--
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Joins this group that's Death
to America, and he gets 20 years
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and gets out
for good behavior earlier.
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It's a sad part of American
policy and a judicial system
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that they didn't let him go
in front of a jury,
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let them sentence him,
take the chance.
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You know, the Justice Department
and politicians frequently,
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you know, are, you know,
want to -- want to do a layup.
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They want the easy thing.
Cut a deal.
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No, take them to trial so people
can see and understand.
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It would educate the population
to see these trials,
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and I think society benefits by
having an airing of these crimes
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against us and a fuller exercise
of the justice system.
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Try them.
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[ Camera shutters clicking ]
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[ Indistinct conversations ]
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Man: Move to
the other side, please!
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Reporter #3:
On the anthrax story today,
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four more post offices
tested positive for anthrax.
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Reporter #5:
The last several days,
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intelligence
and law-enforcement agencies
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have seen an increased volume
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involving threats
of terrorist attacks.
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Reporter #6: This is the third
terrorism alert
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since September 11th.
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Reporter #5: Federal
investigators now have approval
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to eavesdrop on phone calls
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between terrorist suspects
and their lawyers
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under the rule inmates
and lawyers
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must be told
they're being monitored...
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Brosnahan:
I think that any parent
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can understand the desire
that these two good parents
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have to see their son.
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No matter what anyone
thinks about anything.
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It's part of
the Geneva Convention.
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It's part of civilized protocol.
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It's part of nations agreements
that parents will be allowed
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to see their children
under certain circumstances.
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And as of this moment, they've
not been allowed to do that.
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We're a little disappointed,
but the guards did tell us
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that John was
in good health.
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We're very glad to hear that.
Thank you.
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Today, I am announcing
the filing of criminal charges
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against John Walker Lindh,
an American citizen
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who was captured in Afghanistan
fighting for the Taliban.
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As terrorists made
their final preparations
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for the September 11th attacks,
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Walker Lindh met
with Usama bin Laden.
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He chose to go to the front
lines to fight with the Taliban.
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The United States is
charging Walker with conspiracy
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to kill nationals of the United
States of America overseas,
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providing material support
and resources
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to designated
foreign terrorist organizations,
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including Al-Qaeda,
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engaging in prohibited
transactions with the Taliban.
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He chose to embrace fanatics,
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and his allegiance
to those fanatics
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and terrorists never faltered,
not even with the knowledge
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that they had murdered
thousands of his countrymen,
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not with the knowledge that
they were engaged in a war
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with the United States,
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and not finally in
the prison uprising
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that took the life of CIA agent
Johnny Spann.
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Clerk: All rise.
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United States of America versus
John Phillip Walker Lindh,
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case number 02-51-M.
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Bring the defendant
to the podium, please.
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Mr. John Walker Lindh?
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Walker: Yes.
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You are before
the United States District Court
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for the Eastern District
of Virginia.
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You are charged
with alleged violations
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of United States law.
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You understand
generally the charges?
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Yes, I understand,
generally.
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Do you understand generally the
penalties that can be imposed?
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Yes, I understand
generally.
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Brosnahan: May I just say one
thing briefly, Your Honor?
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Judge:
Yes, sir, Mr. Brosnahan.
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The attorney general
of the United States
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announced charges
against Mr. Lindh last Tuesday.
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This is the first arraignment
that he has had.
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So he was not arraigned
within 48 hours
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and until yesterday
was never told
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what the charges
were against him.
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I just wanted
to inform the court.
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Well, I appreciate the comment.
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I'm not sure of the date
when he was actually arrested
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by federal agents.
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The initial warrant was issued
on January 15.
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He was arrested approximately
on December 1st.
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He was kept in custody
for 54 days
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without a lawyer.
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He asked for a lawyer
somewhere in the first
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or second or third day.
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And this is the first time
that the government
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has brought him
before a court.
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Mr. Lindh,
have you any questions
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about what the court
has explained thus far?
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No, I don't have
any questions.
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Man: Order!
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Clerk: All rise.
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Judge: Good morning,
Mr. Walker.
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Walker Lindh:
Good morning, sir.
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Alright, let me ask you,
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how do you now plead
to all of the charges
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against you --
guilty or not guilty?
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Not guilty.
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Alright, you may be seated.
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The matter is before the court
on the government's motion
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for detention.
Mr. Brosnahan.
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Brosnahan: Thank you.
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John Walker Lindh was
transported to the front lines
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to fight the Northern Alliance
on the 6th of September
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of last year, 2001.
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He was there in the front lines
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until they broke
in early November.
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Your Honor,
he never fought with al-Qaeda.
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He never had anything to do
with terrorist activity.
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As to the Taliban
who he was with,
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United States government itself
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had prior dealings
with the Taliban.
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In fact, as of
the 10th of September,
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there was not a single person
in the United States government
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that had any idea
that we would be engaged
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in military operations
in Afghanistan.
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John Walker Lindh
has never been in trouble.
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He doesn't drink.
He doesn't take drugs.
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He is a religious person
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who follows the teaching of
the church that he has adopted.
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He has parents who are here
in the courtroom.
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Thank you.
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Judge: Alright.
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The defendant has no social
or economic stability.
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His record of gainful employment
is limited
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to a 3-week stint at a warehouse
some two years ago.
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The defendant has lived
outside of the United States
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from May of 1998
to February of 1999,
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while in Yemen.
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And in Pakistan
and then Afghanistan
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from February of 2000 until
brought in to this district
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on January 23rd of this year.
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I conclude, based on clear
and convincing evidence,
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that if released, he poses
a danger to the community.
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And accordingly,
I grant the government's motion
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that the defendant
be detained for trial.
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Ashcroft: It is extraordinary
for the United States
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to have to charge
one of its own citizens
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with aiding and conspiring with
international terrorist groups
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whose agenda is
to kill Americans.
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Today, a grand jury examined
the government's case
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and saw fit to charge
John Walker Lindh
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with 10 serious crimes,
based in part
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on voluntary statements
made by Lindh himself.
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I think the American people
probably want
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the attorney general
to focus on those people
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who really did the harm
to this nation.
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I think the American people
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probably want
the attorney general
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and we know our people
are doing the best
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that we can to find
Osama bin Laden,
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to find Omar and to find someone
who sent the anthrax.
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We understand they're doing
the best they can
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and we're with them on that.
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We hope all of that
is successful.
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But meanwhile, I'd ask
the attorney general
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to not take it out
on John Lindh,
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because in my view and I'm not
gonna take any questions,
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in my view, they have brought up
the cannon to shoot the mouse.
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Thank you very much
for being here. Thank you.
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[ Money rustles ]
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Radack: He was our first
terrorism prosecution
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after 9/11.
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[ Explosion,
people screaming ]
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429
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430
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President George W. Bush:
Make no mistake,
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the United States will hunt
down and punish
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those responsible.
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The people who knocked
these buildings down
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will hear all of us soon.
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[ Cheers and applause ]
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[ Sirens blaring ]
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438
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439
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Pelton: One thing that's changed
dramatically was before 9/11,
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I can visit
or be with any group on Earth.
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The FBI wouldn't knock
on my door.
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People wouldn't call me
a communist or a terrorist
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or whatever.
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After 9/11, it just, "Vshoo."
It just polarized.
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And there was no trying
to explain to people.
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Like, "Okay, but these guys
call themselves jihadis,
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but they're not really jihadis.
448
00:23:33,078 --> 00:23:34,747
And the guys that we're
paying money to are jihadis,
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but they don't say that
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because the CIA doesn't want
them to sa--"
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In other words,
it didn't change the world.
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It just changed
our perception of the world.
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Interviewer: How did you
come to do that?
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I was filming in all these
different insurgencies,
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so Afghanistan,
Philippines, Chechnya,
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and always on the wrong side,
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always on the rebel side
where they would say,
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"Come, we're winning,
we're winning."
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And I'd get there
and they'd say,
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"Oh, we're losing.
How did you get in here?"
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And I feel like, "Aw, shit."
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These are just
one tiny bit of my archives.
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I spent a lot of time
with what we call jihadis.
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I mean,
the John Walker Lindh thing --
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he's just one
of the many jihadis I've met.
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467
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I'm the guy
that made them famous,
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but my main interest was
going back to Afghanistan,
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being with General Dostum,
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watching how Dostum fought
the Taliban,
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and it had a lot
of historical importance
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because this was after 9/11.
And don't forget,
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people didn't care about
Afghanistan until that point.
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Pres. George W. Bush:
This war on terrorism
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is gonna take a while.
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Anybody who's been associated
will be brought to justice.
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Those who harbor terrorists
will be brought to justice.
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It is time for us to win
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the first war
of the 21st century decisively.
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481
00:24:55,661 --> 00:24:56,995
Man: In this first wave,
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U.S. Special Forces hunt down
and root out
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Osama bin Laden and his Al-Qaeda
terrorist network.
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Man: ...breakthrough today,
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opposition forces in Afghanistan
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captured the northern city
of Mazar-i-Sharif.
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500 Taliban fighters were
taken prisoner.
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Reporter #10: The bloody revolt
by Taliban prisoners
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in Mazar-i-Sharif,
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a town where the war
was supposed to be over,
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is grisly testament
492
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to the dangers that still
lie ahead.
493
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Rumsfeld: Anyone who thinks it's
over in those towns is wrong.
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It just isn't.
They are dangerous places.
495
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Pelton: Tell him I have
a gift for him.
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I know he's been
working hard,
497
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and he wants to relax.
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Pelton: So what I did was
basically hang out with Dostum.
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This is special medicine.
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And he had these
Special Forces guys with him.
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They lived in a house.
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And Dostum has a cameraman.
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He just films everything 24/7.
504
00:25:50,924 --> 00:25:54,428
And he showed me this video.
He says, "American, American."
505
00:25:54,469 --> 00:25:56,346
And so I go to Bill,
who's the medic,
506
00:25:56,388 --> 00:25:57,723
I said, "Bill, get your shit.
507
00:25:57,764 --> 00:25:59,600
There's a guy at the hospital.
He's an American."
508
00:25:59,641 --> 00:26:01,059
He said, "Holy shit."
509
00:26:01,101 --> 00:26:03,854
So there's about four of us
that went down
510
00:26:03,896 --> 00:26:05,689
to Sheberghan hospital.
511
00:26:05,731 --> 00:26:07,024
It's very cold outside.
512
00:26:07,065 --> 00:26:09,610
And there was a little
receiving area,
513
00:26:09,651 --> 00:26:12,654
which had a little stove
with a little wood fire in it.
514
00:26:12,696 --> 00:26:16,366
And as soon as I opened
the door,
515
00:26:16,408 --> 00:26:17,910
it was like, poof,
it's just the stink,
516
00:26:17,951 --> 00:26:20,746
just the smell
of all these humans.
517
00:26:20,787 --> 00:26:22,831
And it's everything
you can imagine.
518
00:26:22,873 --> 00:26:24,416
And I'm like, "Whoa."
519
00:26:24,458 --> 00:26:26,335
And I mean, it's gangrene
and it's fecal matter.
520
00:26:26,376 --> 00:26:31,006
It's sweat. It's B.O.
It's just like, "Oh."
521
00:26:31,048 --> 00:26:34,509
it looked like somebody had made
people up for a horror show.
522
00:26:34,551 --> 00:26:37,262
I mean, you know, because
they had black on their faces
523
00:26:37,304 --> 00:26:38,430
and their hair was like this
524
00:26:38,472 --> 00:26:41,058
and their clothes
were all raggedy.
525
00:26:41,099 --> 00:26:42,768
It looked like
some zombie movie.
526
00:26:42,809 --> 00:26:44,353
I mean,
and I've seen lots of war.
527
00:26:44,394 --> 00:26:46,063
And I just like,
"This is weird"
528
00:26:46,104 --> 00:26:49,066
because they're not wounded
per se.
529
00:26:49,107 --> 00:26:51,610
Man: What is your name?
American's name.
530
00:26:51,652 --> 00:26:53,862
Huh?
John?
531
00:26:53,904 --> 00:26:55,447
The father's name?
532
00:26:56,323 --> 00:26:58,575
Lindh?
Where you from?
533
00:26:58,617 --> 00:27:00,744
[ Inaudible ]
534
00:27:00,786 --> 00:27:02,120
Washington, D.C.?
535
00:27:02,162 --> 00:27:04,665
Which part
of Washington, D.C.?
536
00:27:04,706 --> 00:27:07,251
North.
Huh?
537
00:27:07,292 --> 00:27:09,878
Which part
of Washington, D.C.?
538
00:27:09,920 --> 00:27:12,589
Open your eyes, huh?
539
00:27:12,631 --> 00:27:13,715
Northwest.
540
00:27:13,757 --> 00:27:15,425
What?
Northwest.
541
00:27:15,467 --> 00:27:16,760
Northwest?
542
00:27:16,802 --> 00:27:19,179
Northwest Washington, D.C.
No, no.
543
00:27:19,221 --> 00:27:22,266
How many months ago
you come in Afghanistan?
544
00:27:22,307 --> 00:27:24,101
Pelton: Can I -- Can I ask him
the questions?
545
00:27:24,142 --> 00:27:27,646
Hey, John, this is Robert Pelton
from CNN News.
546
00:27:27,688 --> 00:27:29,815
Yeah.
547
00:27:29,856 --> 00:27:31,650
Where -- where were you born?
548
00:27:35,028 --> 00:27:37,114
What?
Huh?
549
00:27:37,155 --> 00:27:38,782
Washington, D.C.
550
00:27:38,824 --> 00:27:40,325
Washington, D.C.?
551
00:27:40,367 --> 00:27:43,912
Can you tell us
if you have family in America?
552
00:27:46,164 --> 00:27:48,667
And what is your mother
and father's name?
553
00:27:48,709 --> 00:27:49,751
[ Mumbling ]
554
00:27:49,793 --> 00:27:51,253
Huh?
555
00:27:51,295 --> 00:27:53,588
What is your mother's
and father's name?
556
00:27:57,050 --> 00:27:58,677
I'm sorry?
557
00:27:58,719 --> 00:28:01,513
We want to contact them to
let you know you're still alive.
558
00:28:03,223 --> 00:28:04,391
Yes.
559
00:28:04,433 --> 00:28:06,852
Oh, we want to contact
your parents
560
00:28:06,893 --> 00:28:10,188
to let you -- let them know
you're still alive.
561
00:28:14,943 --> 00:28:18,030
You want -- Okay. You want
to talk to the Red Cross?
562
00:28:24,953 --> 00:28:27,331
So you want to speak
to the Red Cross?
563
00:28:36,381 --> 00:28:39,134
Would you like
an American-trained medic
564
00:28:39,176 --> 00:28:41,470
to look at you?
565
00:28:41,511 --> 00:28:43,472
John?
566
00:28:44,264 --> 00:28:45,807
Yes, they're here right now.
567
00:28:45,849 --> 00:28:47,726
What injuries do you have?
568
00:28:52,564 --> 00:28:54,232
Okay, so they have
your permission
569
00:28:54,274 --> 00:28:56,151
to take care of your wounds.
570
00:28:58,195 --> 00:28:59,780
Alright.
571
00:28:59,821 --> 00:29:01,573
So when I'm talking to Lindh,
the first thing I'm thinking is,
572
00:29:01,615 --> 00:29:03,116
"Okay, there's two things
are gonna happen.
573
00:29:03,158 --> 00:29:05,535
One is I've got to get him
a phone
574
00:29:05,577 --> 00:29:09,289
so he can talk to his parents
and tell him where he is."
575
00:29:09,331 --> 00:29:11,792
I was very concerned
about his disappearance,
576
00:29:11,833 --> 00:29:13,418
that he just, "Whoosh."
577
00:29:13,460 --> 00:29:15,629
Whether it be the Afghans
that did it or the Americans.
578
00:29:15,670 --> 00:29:18,507
And the second thing is, I got
to get him medical attention
579
00:29:18,548 --> 00:29:20,175
because they were just leaving
these guys on the floor
580
00:29:20,217 --> 00:29:22,511
and he was hypothermic, passing
in and out of consciousness.
581
00:29:22,552 --> 00:29:24,054
They want to put him
in another room.
582
00:29:24,096 --> 00:29:25,764
Okay, great, excellent.
583
00:29:25,806 --> 00:29:27,224
[ Indistinct conversations ]
584
00:29:27,265 --> 00:29:29,851
We're at the hospital
in Sheberghan,
585
00:29:29,893 --> 00:29:33,313
where they keep the wounded.
586
00:29:33,355 --> 00:29:36,525
And an American has been found
in the basement
587
00:29:36,566 --> 00:29:38,860
of Qala-i-Jangi prison
and brought here.
588
00:29:38,902 --> 00:29:41,154
Wray:
When you ask yourself why,
589
00:29:41,196 --> 00:29:45,575
what is it that differentiates
this story
590
00:29:45,617 --> 00:29:48,203
from any of many
other narratives
591
00:29:48,245 --> 00:29:50,372
that have come out
of these years and years
592
00:29:50,414 --> 00:29:52,707
and years of conflict?
593
00:29:52,749 --> 00:29:58,130
It really comes down to the fact
that this was one of ours.
594
00:29:58,171 --> 00:30:01,216
It comes down
to the idea of treason.
595
00:30:01,258 --> 00:30:06,471
Why is treason worse
than any other crime?
596
00:30:06,513 --> 00:30:09,474
What is it about treason
that makes it something
597
00:30:09,516 --> 00:30:12,561
that we all feel
such loathing towards?
598
00:30:12,602 --> 00:30:16,690
I mean, I can feel...
the reasons for it,
599
00:30:16,731 --> 00:30:20,152
but I can't necessarily
intellectually grasp
600
00:30:20,193 --> 00:30:21,862
the reasons for it.
601
00:30:21,903 --> 00:30:25,866
I mean, in some ways, maybe
it comes down to this idea of
602
00:30:25,907 --> 00:30:31,455
"We expected this of you
and instead you did this.
603
00:30:31,496 --> 00:30:33,665
We were relying on you for this,
604
00:30:33,707 --> 00:30:36,001
but instead you did
this other thing."
605
00:30:36,042 --> 00:30:38,795
But who was relying on John
Walker Lindh, on this kid --
606
00:30:38,837 --> 00:30:41,965
this teenage kid
from Northern California,
607
00:30:42,007 --> 00:30:47,679
who played no role of any
significance in society
608
00:30:47,721 --> 00:30:51,516
or even as far as I can tell,
in his circle of friends,
609
00:30:51,558 --> 00:30:53,727
insofar as he had any?
610
00:30:53,768 --> 00:30:56,771
What on earth did we expect
of John Walker Lindh
611
00:30:56,813 --> 00:30:58,773
that he didn't give us?
612
00:31:01,485 --> 00:31:03,361
[ Man speaking Arabic ]
613
00:31:05,530 --> 00:31:08,366
Pelton: And there was this
moment of shock
614
00:31:08,408 --> 00:31:11,703
where one
of the Afghan doctors --
615
00:31:11,745 --> 00:31:14,873
You could see this round
impression
616
00:31:14,915 --> 00:31:16,333
of something in his pocket,
617
00:31:16,374 --> 00:31:17,834
and we all sort of involuntarily
all went back
618
00:31:17,876 --> 00:31:19,794
because it's about
the size of a grenade
619
00:31:19,836 --> 00:31:21,880
that they were blowing
themselves up with.
620
00:31:21,922 --> 00:31:23,882
And I suddenly went
from being like, you know,
621
00:31:23,924 --> 00:31:26,092
guy trying to help somebody
to thinking,
622
00:31:26,134 --> 00:31:29,346
"Oh, Jesus, how stupid you are."
623
00:31:29,387 --> 00:31:31,723
What is this?
Huh?
624
00:31:33,433 --> 00:31:35,644
Orange?
[ Speaking Arabic ]
625
00:31:38,063 --> 00:31:40,732
Wray:
I think that John Lindh
626
00:31:40,774 --> 00:31:43,527
very desperately
wanted medical attention.
627
00:31:43,568 --> 00:31:46,571
I think he knew
he was in trouble.
628
00:31:46,613 --> 00:31:50,951
And in spite of the desperate
nature of his situation,
629
00:31:50,992 --> 00:31:54,120
and in spite of how easy it
would have been to simply say,
630
00:31:54,162 --> 00:31:56,623
"I'm an American, please get me
out of here, please.
631
00:31:56,665 --> 00:31:59,251
I'd like to be airlifted
out of here now,"
632
00:31:59,292 --> 00:32:00,585
he did no such thing.
633
00:32:00,627 --> 00:32:01,836
Pelton: John,
is there some way
634
00:32:01,878 --> 00:32:03,171
we can contact your parents
for you?
635
00:32:03,213 --> 00:32:04,756
You have a number?
636
00:32:07,926 --> 00:32:10,595
CNN.
News organization.
637
00:32:14,641 --> 00:32:16,935
Okay, that's not a concern
right now.
638
00:32:16,977 --> 00:32:19,354
Our concern is
your welfare.
639
00:32:23,775 --> 00:32:25,068
Okay.
640
00:32:25,110 --> 00:32:28,238
Pelton: And he says, "No.
I don't care, though."
641
00:32:28,280 --> 00:32:29,948
I mean...
642
00:32:29,990 --> 00:32:31,783
[ Chuckles ]
643
00:32:31,825 --> 00:32:33,785
If you're gonna be
a war photographer
644
00:32:33,827 --> 00:32:35,954
and ask everybody,
"Hey, excuse, guys,
645
00:32:35,996 --> 00:32:37,122
can I take a shot here?
646
00:32:37,163 --> 00:32:38,832
Not yet.
Don't bayonet that guy.
647
00:32:38,873 --> 00:32:40,750
Can I just -- can
I get the new lens...?"
648
00:32:40,792 --> 00:32:42,419
No, it doesn't work that way.
649
00:32:42,460 --> 00:32:43,753
Shit happens, you roll.
650
00:32:43,795 --> 00:32:46,756
And whether he wants
to be filmed or not,
651
00:32:46,798 --> 00:32:48,466
we're all in the war together,
I'm rollin',
652
00:32:48,508 --> 00:32:50,427
you don't have to talk.
653
00:32:50,468 --> 00:32:52,262
Blow yourself up for all I care.
654
00:32:52,304 --> 00:32:53,430
I'll still keep rolling.
655
00:32:53,471 --> 00:32:56,016
John, where does it hurt?
656
00:33:00,770 --> 00:33:01,813
Okay, Abdul.
657
00:33:01,855 --> 00:33:02,981
Abdul Hamid.
658
00:33:03,023 --> 00:33:04,065
Okay, Abdul Hamid.
659
00:33:04,107 --> 00:33:06,693
My name is Bill.
660
00:33:09,279 --> 00:33:11,489
You ever had
an I.V. before?
661
00:33:14,659 --> 00:33:17,787
Really?
662
00:33:17,829 --> 00:33:19,331
Since you have
been fighting,
663
00:33:19,372 --> 00:33:20,665
you've had many I.V.s?
664
00:33:23,793 --> 00:33:25,837
How old are you,
Abdul Hamid?
665
00:33:27,464 --> 00:33:28,965
You're 20 years old?
666
00:33:29,007 --> 00:33:31,843
Pelton: Abdul, can I ask
how you ended up here?
667
00:33:34,888 --> 00:33:36,473
I'd love to hear it.
668
00:33:36,514 --> 00:33:39,684
The I.V. I'm giving you,
it has calories.
669
00:33:39,726 --> 00:33:41,728
It'll give you some energy.
Alright?
670
00:33:41,770 --> 00:33:43,355
It'll also replace
some of the blood
671
00:33:43,396 --> 00:33:45,315
that you may have lost.
672
00:33:45,357 --> 00:33:46,983
Let's see
the rest of your wounds.
673
00:33:48,193 --> 00:33:51,404
You said that you have
a bullet wound in your leg?
674
00:33:54,741 --> 00:33:57,077
The bullet is probably
still inside there.
675
00:34:09,589 --> 00:34:10,799
Okay.
676
00:34:12,384 --> 00:34:14,761
How long ago was this?
677
00:34:17,555 --> 00:34:19,891
A week in the past?
Yeah.
678
00:34:22,102 --> 00:34:24,396
You have a slight accent.
679
00:34:29,359 --> 00:34:31,319
How did you get
to Afghanistan?
680
00:35:01,641 --> 00:35:03,351
Do you have
any military skills
681
00:35:03,393 --> 00:35:04,644
or you just were...?
682
00:35:06,104 --> 00:35:08,356
Pelton: This one singular guy
after 9/11
683
00:35:08,398 --> 00:35:10,692
was the face of everything evil.
684
00:35:10,734 --> 00:35:12,694
And, you know,
Qala-i-Jangi was part of that
685
00:35:12,736 --> 00:35:15,613
because the setting
was so brutal,
686
00:35:15,655 --> 00:35:19,576
it almost seemed like
it was 9/11 redux, you know?
687
00:35:19,617 --> 00:35:21,453
After this is all done,
how do you feel?
688
00:35:21,494 --> 00:35:23,788
You feel like
you were sort of...
689
00:35:23,830 --> 00:35:25,623
you did the right thing
or...
690
00:35:28,168 --> 00:35:29,419
Well, do you feel now
691
00:35:29,461 --> 00:35:31,546
after there's been
a number of losses
692
00:35:31,588 --> 00:35:33,631
on the Taliban side...
693
00:35:39,929 --> 00:35:41,598
Mm-hmm. Could you explain
that to me
694
00:35:41,639 --> 00:35:43,558
because I'm very
interested in that?
695
00:35:46,853 --> 00:35:51,983
696
00:36:56,089 --> 00:36:57,966
Were you with the Taliban
all the time
697
00:36:58,007 --> 00:37:00,218
or were you doing
something else?
698
00:37:16,276 --> 00:37:18,736
[ Yelling in Arabic ]
699
00:37:24,701 --> 00:37:27,036
Where you from?
700
00:37:27,078 --> 00:37:28,913
Where you from?
701
00:37:32,458 --> 00:37:34,002
Pakistan?
702
00:37:34,043 --> 00:37:40,425
703
00:37:40,466 --> 00:37:47,515
704
00:37:55,148 --> 00:37:57,108
Bill: I'm giving you
morphine now, okay?
705
00:37:57,150 --> 00:37:58,693
It's gonna take away
a lot of the pain.
706
00:37:58,735 --> 00:38:00,612
-Happy juice.
-[ Sighs ]
707
00:38:05,408 --> 00:38:07,285
...so as soon
as we arrived...
708
00:38:24,093 --> 00:38:25,303
[ Explosion ]
709
00:38:25,345 --> 00:38:32,435
710
00:38:32,477 --> 00:38:39,984
711
00:38:56,501 --> 00:38:58,378
Pelton: Keep in mind that
there's two kinds of people
712
00:38:58,419 --> 00:39:00,129
in that basement --
713
00:39:00,171 --> 00:39:01,923
"Okay, I lost, game's over.
[Hands clap] Time to go home."
714
00:39:01,965 --> 00:39:04,926
And there were people who wanted
to kill Americans.
715
00:39:04,968 --> 00:39:06,427
Man #2: Why do you come
to Afghanistan?
716
00:39:06,469 --> 00:39:12,558
I come from jihad
against the terrorism of USA.
717
00:39:12,600 --> 00:39:14,268
We are not surrender.
718
00:39:14,310 --> 00:39:16,187
We are not surrender.
719
00:39:16,229 --> 00:39:18,356
No, you're prisoners.
720
00:39:18,398 --> 00:39:19,774
Yeah, it's no problem.
721
00:39:19,816 --> 00:39:21,693
All is fair in love and war.
722
00:39:23,152 --> 00:39:27,365
Pelton: So they pushed all 460
guys down into this basement
723
00:39:27,407 --> 00:39:29,784
and down in the basement
are five rooms, basically.
724
00:39:29,826 --> 00:39:31,786
There's an entry way,
you come down the stairs
725
00:39:31,828 --> 00:39:33,913
and then there's like, room,
room, room, room,
726
00:39:33,955 --> 00:39:35,790
and there's a big room
in the back
727
00:39:35,832 --> 00:39:37,333
with a couple of alcoves.
728
00:39:37,375 --> 00:39:41,963
And what I learned later
from interviewing
729
00:39:42,005 --> 00:39:44,298
the people
that were in the basement
730
00:39:44,340 --> 00:39:46,384
was that basically the Arabs
and the Arab speaking
731
00:39:46,426 --> 00:39:48,886
went to the back room
because there were more of them.
732
00:39:48,928 --> 00:39:50,722
There were Russians, there was
Sudanese, whatever.
733
00:39:50,763 --> 00:39:53,057
And these guys are al-Qaeda.
734
00:39:53,099 --> 00:39:56,060
They were all Arab-speaking
volunteers who had met
735
00:39:56,102 --> 00:39:58,479
many other places
all around the world.
736
00:39:58,521 --> 00:40:00,815
And I thought, "Wow,
this is the hard core.
737
00:40:00,857 --> 00:40:02,734
These are the guys
that came here to die."
738
00:40:02,775 --> 00:40:05,903
And then the Pakistanis sort of
stayed in the side rooms
739
00:40:05,945 --> 00:40:07,405
and that the conversation
740
00:40:07,447 --> 00:40:09,824
was basically the Pakistanis
wanted to go home.
741
00:40:09,866 --> 00:40:11,909
"Hey, guys,
don't cause any problems."
742
00:40:11,951 --> 00:40:13,411
And the Saudis
and the foreigners
743
00:40:13,453 --> 00:40:15,621
who were speaking Arabic
were trying to figure out
744
00:40:15,663 --> 00:40:17,248
what to do,
and they had weapons.
745
00:40:17,290 --> 00:40:19,584
They had these grenades
they brought down with them,
746
00:40:19,625 --> 00:40:23,087
which they -- which
they used shoelaces to tie
747
00:40:23,129 --> 00:40:25,131
and then dangle right around
their crotch
748
00:40:25,173 --> 00:40:26,382
because they knew
749
00:40:26,424 --> 00:40:29,719
that they wouldn't be patted
in the crotch.
750
00:40:29,761 --> 00:40:31,721
So they spent the night
down there.
751
00:40:31,763 --> 00:40:33,097
And then the next morning
752
00:40:33,139 --> 00:40:36,768
is when most people think
of the uprising.
753
00:40:36,809 --> 00:40:39,228
I mean, um,
754
00:40:39,270 --> 00:40:41,564
the war seemed more
or less over.
755
00:40:41,606 --> 00:40:45,735
All of us, we had the feeling
we missed the war.
756
00:40:45,777 --> 00:40:48,237
Where you from?
757
00:40:48,279 --> 00:40:49,989
Where you from?
758
00:40:51,657 --> 00:40:52,950
May we ask you
a question?
759
00:40:52,992 --> 00:40:54,952
[ Horn honking repeatedly ]
760
00:40:54,994 --> 00:40:56,704
[ Speaks indistinctly ]
No.
761
00:40:56,746 --> 00:40:58,039
No cameras.
Can we ask...
762
00:40:58,081 --> 00:41:00,541
No questions?
[ Speaks indistinctly ]
763
00:41:00,583 --> 00:41:02,460
Man #3: For the safety of us
and our family back home.
764
00:41:02,502 --> 00:41:03,920
Huh?
765
00:41:03,961 --> 00:41:06,297
For the safety of us
and our family back home.
766
00:41:06,339 --> 00:41:08,800
Just for the safety
of your families back home,
767
00:41:08,841 --> 00:41:11,803
you don't want to talk?
Okay.
768
00:41:19,977 --> 00:41:22,522
Stauth: I remember Dostum
appearing there
769
00:41:22,563 --> 00:41:27,652
and then telling everyone,
"And now let's go to Kunduz,"
770
00:41:27,693 --> 00:41:29,487
because the story then was
771
00:41:29,529 --> 00:41:33,825
10,000 remaining Taliban
to surrender.
772
00:41:33,866 --> 00:41:37,662
So the main force
of his warriors,
773
00:41:37,703 --> 00:41:39,997
they followed him to Kunduz.
774
00:41:43,251 --> 00:41:47,880
And they left the 500 Taliban
back in Qala-i-Jangi
775
00:41:47,922 --> 00:41:52,135
near Mazar-i-Sharif,
without a lot of guards.
776
00:41:52,176 --> 00:41:54,512
They thought this is settled.
777
00:41:54,554 --> 00:42:00,101
778
00:42:00,143 --> 00:42:03,020
Stauth: An Uzbek general
of the Northern Alliance,
779
00:42:03,062 --> 00:42:06,482
he had provided us
with a bodyguard,
780
00:42:06,524 --> 00:42:08,442
he said,
"Do you still love your wife?"
781
00:42:08,484 --> 00:42:09,694
And I said, "Yes."
782
00:42:09,735 --> 00:42:11,612
"Then better don't go
to Kunduz."
783
00:42:11,654 --> 00:42:16,868
784
00:42:16,909 --> 00:42:18,619
[ Man singing in Arabic
on radio ]
785
00:42:18,661 --> 00:42:20,163
With my cameraman and producer,
786
00:42:20,204 --> 00:42:23,332
we went back to the small hotel
787
00:42:23,374 --> 00:42:27,211
where most of the journalists
at the time stayed.
788
00:42:27,253 --> 00:42:30,214
[Music from radio, honking,
whistle tooting]
789
00:42:30,256 --> 00:42:39,015
790
00:42:39,056 --> 00:42:47,398
791
00:42:47,440 --> 00:42:50,401
I mean, we went to bed
the 24th with a feeling, okay,
792
00:42:50,443 --> 00:42:53,863
everyone's gonna have
a story, we won't have one.
793
00:42:55,448 --> 00:43:00,077
We had a long sleep and then
we sat together on the floor
794
00:43:00,119 --> 00:43:03,164
having tea and bread
and we thought, "Okay,
795
00:43:03,206 --> 00:43:05,750
what are we going
to do with this day?"
796
00:43:05,791 --> 00:43:07,543
[ Horn honks ]
797
00:43:07,585 --> 00:43:12,089
"Why not go to Qala-i-Jangi
and meet the prisoners again?"
798
00:43:12,131 --> 00:43:14,592
No other journalists
would be there,
799
00:43:14,634 --> 00:43:17,094
but I'll be on the safe side.
800
00:43:21,307 --> 00:43:23,434
As a journalist,
801
00:43:23,476 --> 00:43:27,563
you're used to speed up things
and that morning,
802
00:43:27,605 --> 00:43:30,274
very, very fortunately,
we took it easy
803
00:43:30,316 --> 00:43:33,736
because we thought
we wouldn't have a story
804
00:43:33,778 --> 00:43:35,446
and we wasted a lot of time.
805
00:43:35,488 --> 00:43:39,909
And this wasted time in the end
probably saved our lives.
806
00:43:39,951 --> 00:43:41,410
There was another issue,
807
00:43:41,452 --> 00:43:43,996
problem,
which caused some of this.
808
00:43:44,038 --> 00:43:47,458
U.S. forces seize control
of Mazar-i-Sharif
809
00:43:47,500 --> 00:43:48,501
with General Dostum.
810
00:43:48,542 --> 00:43:50,127
And our team leader up
in the north,
811
00:43:50,169 --> 00:43:53,464
the CIA guy,
he goes with Dostum to Kunduz.
812
00:43:53,506 --> 00:43:56,300
Dostum now
has an eight-man CIA team.
813
00:43:56,342 --> 00:43:58,761
There's another commander there,
Commander Atta.
814
00:43:58,803 --> 00:44:00,763
So they make the decision
to take that CIA team
815
00:44:00,805 --> 00:44:02,056
and cut it in half.
816
00:44:02,098 --> 00:44:03,266
Half of it goes with Dostum
817
00:44:03,307 --> 00:44:04,850
and the other half
goes with Atta.
818
00:44:04,892 --> 00:44:08,479
So now you don't have
the same level of leadership
819
00:44:08,521 --> 00:44:11,983
and decision-making
and even capability.
820
00:44:12,024 --> 00:44:14,610
So Mike Spann and Dave Tyson
821
00:44:14,652 --> 00:44:17,655
were the guys that are off there
kind of on their own.
822
00:44:17,697 --> 00:44:24,245
823
00:44:24,287 --> 00:44:26,163
And they drive from Kunduz
824
00:44:26,205 --> 00:44:29,292
across northern Afghanistan
to Qala-i-Jangi,
825
00:44:29,333 --> 00:44:32,003
which is
this giant fortress prison.
826
00:44:34,213 --> 00:44:38,342
Stauth: So about 11:00,
we left for Qala-i-Jangi.
827
00:44:38,384 --> 00:44:42,346
Bernsten: Qala-i-Jangi is
an 1894 Vauban fort.
828
00:44:42,388 --> 00:44:45,683
Qala-i-Jangi is out of time.
829
00:44:45,725 --> 00:44:49,520
Qala-i-Jangi is a citadel
made of mud.
830
00:44:49,562 --> 00:44:51,522
Bernsten: It's not like real
Vauban fort with stone.
831
00:44:51,564 --> 00:44:53,858
It's made out of a cow poop
and mud, whatever.
832
00:44:53,899 --> 00:44:55,318
It was quite impressive.
833
00:44:55,359 --> 00:44:57,361
Degueldre:
The walls are so thick.
834
00:44:57,403 --> 00:45:01,699
Everything is a little
bit...unreal.
835
00:45:03,993 --> 00:45:06,579
Stauth: As we were not under
any pressure time-wise,
836
00:45:06,620 --> 00:45:08,998
my cameraman
and the Uzbek producer,
837
00:45:09,040 --> 00:45:12,126
they wanted to smoke
a cigarette.
838
00:45:12,168 --> 00:45:14,837
So we were waiting there,
the sun was shining,
839
00:45:14,879 --> 00:45:18,049
the birds were singing --
a very peaceful setting.
840
00:45:18,090 --> 00:45:21,385
And 10 minutes later,
841
00:45:21,427 --> 00:45:24,138
we would have been
in that courtyard
842
00:45:24,180 --> 00:45:25,890
to interview the prisoners.
843
00:45:25,931 --> 00:45:34,398
844
00:45:57,505 --> 00:46:05,513
845
00:46:05,554 --> 00:46:06,889
Bernsten:
Let me just say this,
846
00:46:06,931 --> 00:46:08,599
there were no procedures
for that.
847
00:46:08,641 --> 00:46:11,394
I don't think anybody had been
trained on what do you do
848
00:46:11,435 --> 00:46:13,896
on an open battlefield
where people --
849
00:46:13,938 --> 00:46:15,815
They had to assess
the situation on the ground
850
00:46:15,856 --> 00:46:17,358
and make a decision.
851
00:46:17,400 --> 00:46:21,112
So Spann and Dave Tyson
are not as experienced;
852
00:46:21,153 --> 00:46:23,114
they're brave men.
853
00:46:23,155 --> 00:46:25,366
Spann had been a Marine officer.
854
00:46:25,408 --> 00:46:28,702
The decision they made
put themselves in grave risk.
855
00:46:28,744 --> 00:46:31,205
Pelton:
Mike Spann and Dave Tyson --
856
00:46:31,247 --> 00:46:32,957
their goal was to find people
857
00:46:32,998 --> 00:46:34,291
that could provide them
with intel.
858
00:46:34,333 --> 00:46:35,626
And they were looking
for bin Laden.
859
00:46:35,668 --> 00:46:37,628
They were looking
for bin Laden's group.
860
00:46:37,670 --> 00:46:40,756
So once again, we're back in
that whole who's who, you know?
861
00:46:40,798 --> 00:46:43,217
You've got Taliban,
you've got Uzbeks,
862
00:46:43,259 --> 00:46:45,636
you've got good guys, bad guys,
whatever.
863
00:46:45,678 --> 00:46:47,388
And somebody -- and nobody
knows who that is --
864
00:46:47,430 --> 00:46:48,973
was actually filming.
865
00:46:49,014 --> 00:46:50,641
See?
He's a terrorist.
866
00:46:50,683 --> 00:46:52,059
Yes.
867
00:46:52,101 --> 00:46:54,395
These men
are terrorists.
868
00:46:54,437 --> 00:46:55,938
These men
are terrorists.
869
00:46:55,980 --> 00:46:57,314
All these men
are terrorists.
870
00:46:57,356 --> 00:46:58,691
I think you're
a terrorist.
871
00:46:58,732 --> 00:47:01,777
You come here to Afghanistan
to kill people.
872
00:47:01,819 --> 00:47:04,155
I don't -- I...
873
00:47:04,196 --> 00:47:06,740
Okay.
You want to talk to him?
874
00:47:06,782 --> 00:47:09,452
Okay. I'm with you.
Okay. Thank you.
875
00:47:09,493 --> 00:47:11,829
I'm with you and --
Wait. Wait.
876
00:47:11,871 --> 00:47:14,665
[ Indistinct conversations ]
877
00:47:20,212 --> 00:47:24,049
Pelton: When Spann was
asking the prisoners,
878
00:47:24,091 --> 00:47:25,217
"Does anybody speak English?"
879
00:47:25,259 --> 00:47:27,052
which sounds
like a comedy routine.
880
00:47:27,094 --> 00:47:28,679
He said, "Yeah,
there's an Irishman.
881
00:47:28,721 --> 00:47:31,682
So then that's how Lindh
got picked out of the lineup.
882
00:47:33,893 --> 00:47:37,480
The fact that Mike and Dave
had this blanket spread out
883
00:47:37,521 --> 00:47:41,317
in full view, like, 400
terrified or angry people was --
884
00:47:41,358 --> 00:47:44,278
It just meant there wasn't
somebody there
885
00:47:44,320 --> 00:47:45,696
providing security.
886
00:47:45,738 --> 00:47:47,114
The Afghans didn't care.
887
00:47:58,584 --> 00:48:00,419
It was a major breach
of what you're supposed to do
888
00:48:00,461 --> 00:48:02,922
when you question prisoners,
I mean, that's obvious.
889
00:48:02,963 --> 00:48:05,090
You normally select a prisoner,
890
00:48:05,132 --> 00:48:07,885
take him away
to another facility.
891
00:48:07,927 --> 00:48:08,969
You have security there.
892
00:48:09,011 --> 00:48:10,221
You do whatever you have to do.
893
00:48:10,262 --> 00:48:11,764
You don't show your face.
894
00:48:12,473 --> 00:48:14,350
[ Speaks indistinctly ]
895
00:48:18,646 --> 00:48:20,439
He's just sitting there
with his hair flopped.
896
00:48:20,481 --> 00:48:23,234
He's not saying a word
and Spann is talking to him.
897
00:48:23,275 --> 00:48:24,527
Maybe not the most
diplomatic way,
898
00:48:24,568 --> 00:48:26,362
but he's clearly communicating
899
00:48:26,403 --> 00:48:28,322
that he's with
the American government
900
00:48:28,364 --> 00:48:30,324
and that he can help them
or whatever.
901
00:48:30,366 --> 00:48:32,535
And he's just mute.
He's mute, silent.
902
00:48:32,576 --> 00:48:35,746
Keep in mind, he had just been
in that basement.
903
00:48:35,788 --> 00:48:38,249
And I'm not gonna accuse him
of being part of the plot,
904
00:48:38,290 --> 00:48:41,252
but that basement was way
too small and he spoke Arabic.
905
00:48:41,293 --> 00:48:43,087
And there is no way
that he didn't know
906
00:48:43,128 --> 00:48:44,421
what was about to happen.
907
00:49:24,295 --> 00:49:26,880
Alison: He sealed his fate
in those moments
908
00:49:26,922 --> 00:49:30,050
when he chose to stay silent
and not say a word.
909
00:49:30,092 --> 00:49:31,927
He sealed his fate as a traitor
910
00:49:31,969 --> 00:49:35,306
and he sealed his fate
as someone who was responsible
911
00:49:35,347 --> 00:49:39,643
for the death of Mike Spann
in my eyes.
912
00:49:39,685 --> 00:49:41,437
That's all the evidence
I need.
913
00:49:41,478 --> 00:49:45,774
That's accessory...
at bare minimum.
914
00:49:46,984 --> 00:49:50,446
You will never make me believe
that he didn't know
915
00:49:50,487 --> 00:49:52,656
what was going
to happen that day,
916
00:49:52,698 --> 00:49:54,491
and you will never
make me believe
917
00:49:54,533 --> 00:49:57,244
that he didn't have a part
in my dad's death.
918
00:50:22,561 --> 00:50:25,022
-It's gonna hurt.
-They, uh...
919
00:50:38,744 --> 00:50:40,537
And, uh...
920
00:50:43,040 --> 00:50:44,875
[ Man yelling in Arabic ]
921
00:50:44,917 --> 00:50:47,503
There was a -- a bang,
some yelling,
922
00:50:47,544 --> 00:50:49,046
and then the tape goes to blue.
[ Hands scrape ]
923
00:50:49,088 --> 00:50:51,423
I've never figured out --
I was told two stories.
924
00:50:51,465 --> 00:50:53,634
One is that the tape
keeps rolling
925
00:50:53,676 --> 00:50:55,427
and that somebody erased it
926
00:50:55,469 --> 00:50:56,887
or that, no, the tape
just goes to blue
927
00:50:56,929 --> 00:50:58,806
because the camera fell
[Hands clap] or whatever.
928
00:50:58,847 --> 00:51:01,725
But that tape
was being shopped around.
929
00:51:01,767 --> 00:51:03,394
My cameraman,
for some strange reason,
930
00:51:03,435 --> 00:51:04,520
told the guy to bugger off.
931
00:51:04,561 --> 00:51:06,522
He didn't want to buy a tape.
932
00:51:06,563 --> 00:51:09,525
And I was tasked by Dostum
to go find that tape
933
00:51:09,566 --> 00:51:10,984
because that was
his intelligence tape
934
00:51:11,026 --> 00:51:14,071
and that might show
who did whatever happened.
935
00:51:14,113 --> 00:51:15,698
Well, in that event,
936
00:51:15,739 --> 00:51:20,369
that bang, that scuffle was
Mike Spann being killed.
937
00:51:20,411 --> 00:51:22,746
[ Man yelling in Arabic ]
938
00:51:23,997 --> 00:51:26,792
[ Explosion, gunfire ]
939
00:51:31,004 --> 00:51:33,882
[ Gunfire continues ]
940
00:52:04,663 --> 00:52:07,750
Pelton: So how did you --
You were there.
941
00:52:07,791 --> 00:52:10,043
Did you run -- did you stay
in the basement?
942
00:52:15,799 --> 00:52:17,301
[ Gunfire ]
943
00:52:17,342 --> 00:52:18,886
Stauth:
I grabbed my sat phone
944
00:52:18,927 --> 00:52:22,556
and ran into the main building
for shelter.
945
00:52:26,101 --> 00:52:27,603
[ Gunfire ]
946
00:52:27,644 --> 00:52:30,481
I set up my sat phone
on the ground
947
00:52:30,522 --> 00:52:32,524
to make some phone calls
to Germany.
948
00:52:32,566 --> 00:52:35,152
[ Speaks indistinctly ]
949
00:52:35,194 --> 00:52:37,529
[ Gunfire ]
950
00:52:43,410 --> 00:52:46,205
[ Gunfire continues ]
951
00:53:16,568 --> 00:53:18,695
[ All speaking Arabic ]
952
00:53:23,408 --> 00:53:26,954
[ Gunfire ]
953
00:53:28,747 --> 00:53:32,709
And so he called using
my satellite phone
954
00:53:32,751 --> 00:53:35,587
and our camera was running
while he was talking.
955
00:54:05,117 --> 00:54:07,119
[ Gunfire continues ]
956
00:54:12,875 --> 00:54:15,419
Bernsten: He called the U.S.
embassy in Uzbekistan.
957
00:54:15,460 --> 00:54:17,504
It was actually
a pretty smart move.
958
00:54:17,546 --> 00:54:18,881
That's how we all learned
so quickly.
959
00:54:18,922 --> 00:54:20,591
He got on the phone
and made that call out.
960
00:54:33,228 --> 00:54:34,771
[ Gunfire continues ]
961
00:55:04,176 --> 00:55:05,510
Tyson: Okay.
962
00:55:16,855 --> 00:55:19,149
[ Indistinct conversations ]
963
00:55:19,441 --> 00:55:23,654
Stauth: I learned
through Dave Tyson
964
00:55:23,695 --> 00:55:26,406
that the Northern Alliance
forces,
965
00:55:26,448 --> 00:55:30,827
they were taken by surprise,
that they were not prepared,
966
00:55:30,869 --> 00:55:34,873
and there were only around
100 of them.
967
00:55:35,958 --> 00:55:40,170
And the Taliban,
we knew they were about 500.
968
00:55:40,212 --> 00:55:44,132
Then we learned that the weapon
storage of Qala-i-Jangi
969
00:55:44,174 --> 00:55:47,344
was in the courtyard
where the Taliban were.
970
00:55:47,386 --> 00:55:50,180
And then I really --
I started thinking,
971
00:55:50,222 --> 00:55:53,517
"Oh, shit, we are in trouble.
We're in bad trouble."
972
00:55:53,558 --> 00:55:55,352
[ Gunfire ]
973
00:55:55,394 --> 00:56:02,901
974
00:56:11,785 --> 00:56:13,704
[ Gunfire continues ]
975
00:56:19,251 --> 00:56:23,046
At the time,
I didn't know the name of Spann.
976
00:56:25,173 --> 00:56:28,552
I mean, there were obviously
dozens killed,
977
00:56:28,593 --> 00:56:31,722
Afghans, Taliban,
978
00:56:31,763 --> 00:56:34,850
and in addition, an American.
979
00:56:34,891 --> 00:56:37,728
I thought, "My God,
why did they do it?
980
00:56:37,769 --> 00:56:39,896
Why did they have to die?"
981
00:56:41,606 --> 00:56:43,358
Bernsten: Many of my guys
want to get on a helicopter
982
00:56:43,400 --> 00:56:44,526
and fly up there.
983
00:56:44,568 --> 00:56:46,862
I tell them,
"No, you cannot go.
984
00:56:46,903 --> 00:56:48,739
The military is closer.
985
00:56:48,780 --> 00:56:51,908
The military is gonna help."
986
00:56:51,950 --> 00:56:53,744
A lot of my guys
were very, very close
987
00:56:53,785 --> 00:56:57,122
to Mike Spann and Dave Tyson,
and they're upset with me.
988
00:56:57,164 --> 00:57:00,000
[ Gunfire ]
989
00:57:00,042 --> 00:57:03,462
We were hoping for choppers
to land on the roof
990
00:57:03,503 --> 00:57:07,132
to happily climb the chopper
and get out of the chopper.
991
00:57:07,174 --> 00:57:10,761
Instead,
we saw high in the sky,
992
00:57:10,802 --> 00:57:13,847
the white traces
of fighter jets.
993
00:57:13,889 --> 00:57:15,557
Tyson: Hey, guys.
Time to go, huh?
994
00:57:15,599 --> 00:57:18,727
It's time to go.
-Wait. Wait.
995
00:57:18,769 --> 00:57:20,937
Stauth:
My headquarters called my wife
996
00:57:20,979 --> 00:57:23,690
to tell her, "Arnim is
in some kind of trouble."
997
00:57:23,732 --> 00:57:26,651
[ Gunfire ]
998
00:57:26,693 --> 00:57:29,654
[ Yelling in Arabic ]
999
00:57:31,239 --> 00:57:33,867
[ Explosions ]
1000
00:57:47,839 --> 00:57:50,133
[ Gunfire ]
1001
00:58:03,021 --> 00:58:04,564
Hey!
1002
00:58:04,606 --> 00:58:12,823
1003
00:58:12,864 --> 00:58:15,325
[ Gunfire continues ]
1004
00:58:20,080 --> 00:58:23,166
We just tried to get away
from this fortress
1005
00:58:23,208 --> 00:58:26,878
as far as possible
and as quickly as possible.
1006
00:58:26,920 --> 00:58:31,174
And then about 500 meters away
under a tree,
1007
00:58:31,216 --> 00:58:34,261
there was a minibus
and the guy standing there
1008
00:58:34,302 --> 00:58:36,763
turned out to be
the press speaker
1009
00:58:36,805 --> 00:58:38,348
of General Dostum.
1010
00:58:38,390 --> 00:58:42,018
And he finally took us,
including Dave Tyson,
1011
00:58:42,060 --> 00:58:44,688
took us back to Mazar-i-Sharif.
1012
00:58:44,729 --> 00:58:46,940
[ Gunfire in distance ]
1013
00:58:49,401 --> 00:58:51,153
Pelton: It was only during
that night
1014
00:58:51,194 --> 00:58:52,863
when they had night vision,
1015
00:58:52,904 --> 00:58:54,531
they realized that there was
like a central gathering point.
1016
00:58:54,573 --> 00:58:57,325
There was a mosque and there was
this pink building,
1017
00:58:57,367 --> 00:59:00,036
and then there were all these
little cubbyholes on the sides.
1018
00:59:00,078 --> 00:59:01,913
They were running in there
to grab all these weapons
1019
00:59:01,955 --> 00:59:03,331
and firing them at people,
whatever.
1020
00:59:03,373 --> 00:59:05,542
And it was that night
that people realized,
1021
00:59:05,584 --> 00:59:07,586
"Okay, this is a real mess."
1022
00:59:07,627 --> 00:59:10,130
This inverted siege begins
1023
00:59:10,172 --> 00:59:11,882
because not only did
they break out,
1024
00:59:11,923 --> 00:59:13,049
they overtake the army.
1025
00:59:13,091 --> 00:59:14,384
Now they got RPGs and heavy guns
1026
00:59:14,426 --> 00:59:17,053
and they're fighting
from the inside.
1027
00:59:17,095 --> 00:59:19,097
Dostum's people are fighting
from the outside.
1028
00:59:19,139 --> 00:59:21,266
Airstrikes were called in.
1029
00:59:21,308 --> 00:59:24,686
I mean,
this is a bloody knife fight
1030
00:59:24,728 --> 00:59:28,106
at close range for several days.
1031
00:59:30,233 --> 00:59:32,235
Reporter #11: By Monday,
the firefight so fierce,
1032
00:59:32,277 --> 00:59:35,864
U.S. Special Forces on the scene
had to call in airstrikes.
1033
00:59:35,906 --> 00:59:37,157
[ Explosion ]
1034
00:59:37,199 --> 00:59:40,035
But one U.S. bomb
missed its target.
1035
00:59:40,076 --> 00:59:42,829
Man: Turn the cameras off!
1036
00:59:42,871 --> 00:59:44,247
Man #5: Are you okay?
1037
00:59:44,289 --> 00:59:45,874
You know, as journalists,
we're running around
1038
00:59:45,916 --> 00:59:47,751
like headless chickens.
We have no idea what's going on.
1039
00:59:47,792 --> 00:59:50,921
Yeah.
[ Speaks indistinctly ]
1040
00:59:50,962 --> 00:59:53,506
Reporter #12: The bloody battle
may now be coming to an end.
1041
00:59:53,548 --> 00:59:57,260
Perry: It took forever --
from Sunday until Friday.
1042
00:59:57,302 --> 01:00:01,848
It was, you know, Groundhog Day,
every day.
1043
01:00:01,890 --> 01:00:05,101
Dan Rather: Some images of war
savagery have the power
1044
01:00:05,143 --> 01:00:07,771
to haunt and burn themselves
1045
01:00:07,812 --> 01:00:11,358
into the world's
collective memory.
1046
01:00:11,399 --> 01:00:14,611
Perry: It's my first experience
of combat.
1047
01:00:14,653 --> 01:00:16,446
I was totally adrenalized.
1048
01:00:16,488 --> 01:00:18,949
You suddenly get this kind of
tunnel vision of where you are.
1049
01:00:18,990 --> 01:00:21,284
[ Gunfire ]
1050
01:00:21,326 --> 01:00:22,786
Pelton: There are a lot
of things going on,
1051
01:00:22,827 --> 01:00:24,788
and there are a lot of media
rumors flying around.
1052
01:00:24,829 --> 01:00:27,624
"Let's get that Pulitzer
with that mass-murder story."
1053
01:00:27,666 --> 01:00:29,501
And don't forget, there's
an electric feeling in there
1054
01:00:29,542 --> 01:00:30,961
because of all
those dead bodies.
1055
01:00:31,002 --> 01:00:32,963
Man: ...bloody,
week-long uprising
1056
01:00:33,004 --> 01:00:34,756
Reporter #14:
Dozens of Taliban forces
1057
01:00:34,798 --> 01:00:36,925
were seen today with their hands
tied behind their backs,
1058
01:00:36,967 --> 01:00:38,635
suggesting an execution.
1059
01:00:38,677 --> 01:00:41,304
Pelton: And that communicated to
some of the media
1060
01:00:41,346 --> 01:00:45,267
that somebody
was massacring prisoners.
1061
01:00:45,308 --> 01:00:46,935
And they were.
They were shooting --
1062
01:00:46,977 --> 01:00:49,062
I mean, they were running around
trying to untie each other
1063
01:00:49,104 --> 01:00:50,313
with their teeth
or whatever,
1064
01:00:50,355 --> 01:00:51,815
and there were people shooting
at them.
1065
01:00:51,856 --> 01:00:53,650
[ Rocket launcher shoots ]
1066
01:00:56,778 --> 01:00:58,196
Billingsley: Bodies everywhere.
1067
01:00:58,238 --> 01:01:01,283
You know, I don't know,
100, 200 bodies,
1068
01:01:01,324 --> 01:01:04,661
and you knew out there
somewhere was also Mike Spann.
1069
01:01:06,621 --> 01:01:08,331
Jennings: The CIA did something
unusual today.
1070
01:01:08,373 --> 01:01:10,500
It confirmed
in a very public way
1071
01:01:10,542 --> 01:01:13,169
that one of its agents
had been killed in Afghanistan.
1072
01:01:13,211 --> 01:01:16,339
The unusual step not only
of acknowledging
1073
01:01:16,381 --> 01:01:18,425
that one of its operatives
have been killed,
1074
01:01:18,466 --> 01:01:21,636
but naming him
and issuing a press release.
1075
01:01:21,678 --> 01:01:23,805
Reporter #15: He was killed,
they say, on Sunday.
1076
01:01:23,847 --> 01:01:29,394
It wasn't safe or possible
to get his body out until today.
1077
01:01:33,356 --> 01:01:36,067
Pelton: The basement --
This is very famous now --
1078
01:01:36,109 --> 01:01:38,069
of what they call
the pink house.
1079
01:01:38,111 --> 01:01:41,156
The pink house is actually
a bomb shelter.
1080
01:01:42,407 --> 01:01:43,700
Billingsley:
The guys we were next to,
1081
01:01:43,742 --> 01:01:45,201
they were shooting down
the basement,
1082
01:01:45,243 --> 01:01:47,037
you know, their AKs
through the windows.
1083
01:01:47,078 --> 01:01:49,247
We had no idea there's
a whole bunch in the basement.
1084
01:01:49,289 --> 01:01:51,041
It suddenly became apparent
that they were down
1085
01:01:51,082 --> 01:01:52,375
in the dungeon.
There was a little window.
1086
01:01:52,417 --> 01:01:54,085
There were lots of guys
down there.
1087
01:01:54,127 --> 01:01:56,046
They had guns,
and they were gonna fight.
1088
01:01:56,087 --> 01:01:58,715
So then we sprinted out
of there,
1089
01:01:58,757 --> 01:02:03,386
just running across this field
of bodies, jumping them.
1090
01:02:05,597 --> 01:02:09,059
It was really grim,
really, really grim.
1091
01:02:09,100 --> 01:02:10,560
Man #6: 1, 2...
1092
01:02:10,602 --> 01:02:12,562
[ Explosion ]
Fire in the hole.
1093
01:02:12,604 --> 01:02:14,356
What the fuck is that?
1094
01:02:14,397 --> 01:02:16,733
Billingsley: They were dumping
55-gallon drums of oil
1095
01:02:16,775 --> 01:02:19,235
and then they put incendiary
grenades in
1096
01:02:19,277 --> 01:02:21,905
and threw the grenades down,
but nobody came out.
1097
01:02:21,946 --> 01:02:23,740
I talked to one of the Afghans
through the translator.
1098
01:02:23,782 --> 01:02:26,034
I said, "So how many of these
guys do you think there are?"
1099
01:02:26,076 --> 01:02:27,243
"One and a half."
1100
01:02:27,285 --> 01:02:28,953
Like, "One and a half"?
1101
01:02:28,995 --> 01:02:30,580
"Yeah, no one
could survive this.
1102
01:02:30,622 --> 01:02:32,665
So probably one and a half
or two."
1103
01:02:43,593 --> 01:02:45,595
I know it's an unbreakable vow
and all that,
1104
01:02:45,637 --> 01:02:48,139
and I can see
a soldier's honor in it,
1105
01:02:48,181 --> 01:02:52,060
but...all this
to get one body?
1106
01:02:55,855 --> 01:02:58,274
It was a slaughter.
1107
01:02:58,316 --> 01:03:03,738
[ Explosion echoing ]
1108
01:03:03,780 --> 01:03:05,865
I remember thinking, "Where
are the special forces guys?
1109
01:03:05,907 --> 01:03:07,409
Or where's...?"
1110
01:03:07,450 --> 01:03:09,953
And then, while we were
on that northern parapet
1111
01:03:09,994 --> 01:03:11,621
above the main gate across,
1112
01:03:11,663 --> 01:03:13,748
you could see their heads
poking up once in a while,
1113
01:03:13,790 --> 01:03:15,458
just kind of surveying
the situation.
1114
01:03:15,500 --> 01:03:17,210
But they were staying out of it.
1115
01:03:20,171 --> 01:03:23,049
Some point in time, the --
1116
01:03:23,091 --> 01:03:26,886
the U.S. personnel had taken
Spann's body off the field
1117
01:03:26,928 --> 01:03:33,226
and there was this idea that
the U.S. story of this was over.
1118
01:03:33,268 --> 01:03:36,604
But instead of one and a half
or two prisoners coming out,
1119
01:03:36,646 --> 01:03:38,481
86 come out.
1120
01:03:38,523 --> 01:03:40,316
And one of them
is the same guy
1121
01:03:40,358 --> 01:03:42,944
that was revealed later
to be on that blanket
1122
01:03:42,986 --> 01:03:45,488
that the two CIA agents
had been interrogating
1123
01:03:45,530 --> 01:03:51,202
that was, you know,
the American Taliban, Lindh.
1124
01:03:51,244 --> 01:03:52,662
It was like,
"The story's moved on.
1125
01:03:52,704 --> 01:03:54,831
Now it's about this guy,
the American Taliban."
1126
01:03:54,873 --> 01:03:56,708
And that became -- at least
for the the U.S. audience --
1127
01:03:56,749 --> 01:03:59,294
that became the story.
It wasn't about everybody else.
1128
01:03:59,335 --> 01:04:01,212
It wasn't about the 70 dead
Northern Alliance
1129
01:04:01,254 --> 01:04:03,089
or the 200 or 300 dead.
1130
01:04:03,131 --> 01:04:04,466
I never did get
an accurate count
1131
01:04:04,507 --> 01:04:06,551
of how many people were killed.
1132
01:04:06,593 --> 01:04:08,219
It was about
this American Taliban
1133
01:04:08,261 --> 01:04:10,013
because he wasn't
an Arab-American.
1134
01:04:10,054 --> 01:04:11,347
He wasn't a person of color.
1135
01:04:11,389 --> 01:04:12,515
He was a white,
middle-class American
1136
01:04:12,557 --> 01:04:14,142
From Marin County, California.
1137
01:04:14,184 --> 01:04:15,518
Reporter #16:
Today, Taliban fighters
1138
01:04:15,560 --> 01:04:17,479
captured after
a bloody prison rebellion
1139
01:04:17,520 --> 01:04:20,148
near Mazar-i-Sharif, one of them
seen here on the right,
1140
01:04:20,190 --> 01:04:23,985
a 20-year-old American,
who told Newsweek magazine
1141
01:04:24,027 --> 01:04:27,197
he joined the Taliban
to build a true Islamic state.
1142
01:04:27,238 --> 01:04:28,823
Defense officials say he is now
1143
01:04:28,865 --> 01:04:33,203
in the custody
of the U.S. military.
1144
01:04:33,244 --> 01:04:35,788
Perry:
It was a tabloid revenge story,
1145
01:04:35,830 --> 01:04:39,334
and he played
his part perfectly.
1146
01:04:39,375 --> 01:04:43,213
He was unrepentant.
1147
01:04:43,254 --> 01:04:45,924
And what he really needed
was someone
1148
01:04:45,965 --> 01:04:48,426
to kind of ask him why,
1149
01:04:48,468 --> 01:04:50,428
you know,
and try and understand.
1150
01:04:50,470 --> 01:04:54,557
But no one was gonna give him
any understanding.
1151
01:04:54,599 --> 01:04:55,934
And he wasn't asking for it.
1152
01:04:55,975 --> 01:04:59,479
1153
01:04:59,521 --> 01:05:01,606
Walker Lindh: Really...
1154
01:05:10,657 --> 01:05:13,159
Bill: Let's let the morphine
take effect and you can relax.
1155
01:05:13,201 --> 01:05:14,035
Pelton: Thank you
for talking to us.
1156
01:05:14,077 --> 01:05:19,415
1157
01:05:19,457 --> 01:05:21,376
Perry: I remember proposing
that story,
1158
01:05:21,417 --> 01:05:24,045
that exact story,
to "Times" editors,
1159
01:05:24,087 --> 01:05:29,175
saying, "We need to do a story
on what this group of people,
1160
01:05:29,217 --> 01:05:32,262
who in some ways represent quite
a large part of the planet,
1161
01:05:32,303 --> 01:05:34,055
don't like America.
1162
01:05:34,097 --> 01:05:35,723
We need to explain that."
1163
01:05:35,765 --> 01:05:38,851
And my editors are saying,
"We're not doing that story."
1164
01:05:38,893 --> 01:05:46,109
1165
01:05:46,150 --> 01:05:53,616
1166
01:05:53,658 --> 01:06:00,832
1167
01:06:00,873 --> 01:06:02,625
John Walker Lindh
was not the only American.
1168
01:06:02,667 --> 01:06:05,003
There was another American
that we didn't realize
1169
01:06:05,044 --> 01:06:07,505
until he was at Gitmo
and he was debriefed, you know,
1170
01:06:07,547 --> 01:06:09,549
and then they wound up
stripping him of his citizenship
1171
01:06:09,591 --> 01:06:11,968
and sending him back
to Saudi Arabia -- Hamdi.
1172
01:06:12,010 --> 01:06:15,930
So there were two Americans
actually in that prison.
1173
01:06:15,972 --> 01:06:17,181
Lindh was the only Caucasian.
1174
01:06:17,223 --> 01:06:19,809
The other was an ethnic Saudi.
1175
01:06:29,193 --> 01:06:30,903
[ Man talking in Arabic ]
1176
01:06:51,549 --> 01:06:52,967
Pelton: I'm not gonna tell
anybody you're here, so,
1177
01:06:53,009 --> 01:06:55,511
hopefully you can get
some peace and quiet.
1178
01:06:55,553 --> 01:06:57,180
But I will communicate
anything you want
1179
01:06:57,221 --> 01:06:58,514
to anybody you want.
1180
01:07:09,108 --> 01:07:10,401
This is Sheberghan.
1181
01:07:31,422 --> 01:07:33,633
Right now.
1182
01:07:38,012 --> 01:07:45,561
1183
01:07:45,603 --> 01:07:48,731
Pelton: My main goal was to get
him on that phone,
1184
01:07:48,773 --> 01:07:50,483
'cause once you're on the phone,
1185
01:07:50,525 --> 01:07:52,568
then the parents can call
a lawyer,
1186
01:07:52,610 --> 01:07:54,737
they can call the media,
whatever.
1187
01:07:56,572 --> 01:07:58,199
But he didn't want
to do that, so fine.
1188
01:07:58,241 --> 01:08:00,576
I'm not gonna push him.
And then I said to Bill, "Okay,
1189
01:08:00,618 --> 01:08:02,412
we've got to get him
out of here
1190
01:08:02,453 --> 01:08:07,333
because if he stays here...
1191
01:08:07,375 --> 01:08:08,710
he could disappear."
1192
01:08:08,751 --> 01:08:11,087
And I wasn't exaggerating
the threat.
1193
01:08:15,049 --> 01:08:17,844
And what I predicted was true,
that he would disappear
1194
01:08:17,885 --> 01:08:19,220
and you wouldn't see him again.
1195
01:08:19,262 --> 01:08:21,639
-We have ambulance.
-Ambulance.
1196
01:08:21,681 --> 01:08:28,187
1197
01:08:28,229 --> 01:08:29,897
And what happened after that,
I don't know,
1198
01:08:29,939 --> 01:08:31,941
except for one minor incident
in which I was asked
1199
01:08:31,983 --> 01:08:36,112
by the Marines over here
to brief them on Afghanistan.
1200
01:08:36,154 --> 01:08:37,947
And I thought
that was kind of weird,
1201
01:08:37,989 --> 01:08:40,616
like, why do the Marines want me
to tell about Afghanistan?
1202
01:08:40,658 --> 01:08:42,702
It turned out it was the guys
at Camp Rhino
1203
01:08:42,744 --> 01:08:45,121
that looked after
John Walker Lindh.
1204
01:08:46,998 --> 01:08:50,460
Radack: We had been told by our
boss that the Justice Department
1205
01:08:50,501 --> 01:08:52,920
we'd be taking
a more conservative position
1206
01:08:52,962 --> 01:08:54,255
after 9/11,
1207
01:08:54,297 --> 01:08:57,633
but that was not defined for us
what that meant.
1208
01:08:57,675 --> 01:09:00,052
And to most of us
it certainly didn't mean
1209
01:09:00,094 --> 01:09:02,680
throwing the ethics rules
out the window
1210
01:09:02,722 --> 01:09:05,767
and behaving like
a bunch of cowboys.
1211
01:09:05,808 --> 01:09:08,394
Pizzey: Any prisoners will be
held in a temporary facility
1212
01:09:08,436 --> 01:09:10,021
being built at Camp Rhino.
1213
01:09:10,062 --> 01:09:12,774
The only one here at the moment
is John Walker Lindh,
1214
01:09:12,815 --> 01:09:15,151
the young American caught
fighting with the Taliban.
1215
01:09:15,193 --> 01:09:18,154
He's reported to be in good
health but has no friends here.
1216
01:09:18,196 --> 01:09:19,489
Soldier:
Mama always told me,
1217
01:09:19,530 --> 01:09:20,615
"If you don't
have nothing good to say,
1218
01:09:20,656 --> 01:09:22,033
just keep your mouth closed."
1219
01:09:22,074 --> 01:09:24,035
And that about sums up
their opinion.
1220
01:09:24,076 --> 01:09:27,538
They really think that
he's lower than a snake's belly,
1221
01:09:27,580 --> 01:09:29,081
as you might say, around here.
1222
01:09:29,123 --> 01:09:30,958
Pelton: And the Marines came
to me and they said,
1223
01:09:31,000 --> 01:09:34,045
"Oh, God, it's such a mess
because the guys would sneak in
1224
01:09:34,086 --> 01:09:36,714
and write things on his head
and take pictures all the time."
1225
01:09:36,756 --> 01:09:38,591
Reporter #18:
John Walker Lindh,
1226
01:09:38,633 --> 01:09:40,676
Abdul Hamid
to his Taliban associates,
1227
01:09:40,718 --> 01:09:42,512
is being held at Camp Rhino
1228
01:09:42,553 --> 01:09:46,641
awaiting return to this country
and under ferocious criticism.
1229
01:09:46,682 --> 01:09:48,017
I don't know all the details,
1230
01:09:48,059 --> 01:09:49,811
but he certainly appears
to be a traitor.
1231
01:09:49,852 --> 01:09:51,687
Reporter #19:
What is the President's view
1232
01:09:51,729 --> 01:09:53,606
of an American fighting
for the Taliban?
1233
01:09:53,648 --> 01:09:55,942
The President has set
a war against the Taliban
1234
01:09:55,983 --> 01:09:58,778
and a war against al-Qaeda,
regardless of who it composes.
1235
01:09:58,820 --> 01:10:00,446
Reporter #19:
And waiting back home for him
1236
01:10:00,488 --> 01:10:03,699
are his nervous parents
and the attorney they've hired
1237
01:10:03,741 --> 01:10:06,369
to argue
he was just a young man...
1238
01:10:06,410 --> 01:10:08,955
Radack:
It was December 7, 2001.
1239
01:10:08,996 --> 01:10:11,874
We had been informed
unambiguously
1240
01:10:11,916 --> 01:10:16,087
that John Walker Lindh
was represented by counsel.
1241
01:10:16,128 --> 01:10:20,091
I advised on a Friday
not to interrogate him
1242
01:10:20,132 --> 01:10:22,385
without his lawyer.
1243
01:10:22,426 --> 01:10:25,596
Bread and butter, basic advice.
1244
01:10:25,638 --> 01:10:27,682
It was not something radical.
1245
01:10:27,723 --> 01:10:31,018
Then I get a call back
on a Monday
1246
01:10:31,060 --> 01:10:33,729
and the Justice Department
attorney,
1247
01:10:33,771 --> 01:10:36,732
my counterpart in terrorism,
the violent crime,
1248
01:10:36,774 --> 01:10:41,696
said, "Well,
the FBI interrogated him anyway.
1249
01:10:41,737 --> 01:10:44,031
So what do we do now?"
1250
01:10:47,660 --> 01:10:53,583
So I advised that the interview
would have to be sealed
1251
01:10:53,624 --> 01:10:56,085
and only used
for national security
1252
01:10:56,127 --> 01:10:58,838
and intelligence-gathering
purposes,
1253
01:10:58,880 --> 01:11:03,050
but not
for criminal prosecution.
1254
01:11:03,092 --> 01:11:04,927
Reimann: I wasn't aware
and I'm sure he wasn't aware
1255
01:11:04,969 --> 01:11:07,430
of the family
having retained somebody.
1256
01:11:07,471 --> 01:11:10,016
I've been, you know,
1257
01:11:10,057 --> 01:11:12,184
asked by my headquarters
to interview him,
1258
01:11:12,226 --> 01:11:13,936
and that was my...
1259
01:11:13,978 --> 01:11:17,064
And I did it with the Miranda
warnings that are appropriate.
1260
01:11:17,106 --> 01:11:19,525
I told him that, you know,
there's no lawyer present
1261
01:11:19,567 --> 01:11:21,903
and, you know, you have
the right
1262
01:11:21,944 --> 01:11:23,446
to not talk to me at all.
1263
01:11:23,487 --> 01:11:26,407
Or you don't have to answer
every question I ask you.
1264
01:11:26,449 --> 01:11:27,658
Those are your options,
1265
01:11:27,700 --> 01:11:29,952
and he said, "No, no,
I want to talk.
1266
01:11:29,994 --> 01:11:31,913
Candiotti: Legal experts
call Walker's statement
1267
01:11:31,954 --> 01:11:34,457
to the FBI crucial
to the government's case.
1268
01:11:34,498 --> 01:11:37,960
In it, he allegedly admits
training in al-Qaeda camps
1269
01:11:38,002 --> 01:11:41,672
and being told about planned
suicide attacks in the U.S.
1270
01:11:41,714 --> 01:11:44,634
When he told me
that he was at the camp,
1271
01:11:44,675 --> 01:11:46,177
that was an al-Qaeda camp,
that he knew
1272
01:11:46,218 --> 01:11:48,137
he was in an al-Qaeda camp.
He knew that up front.
1273
01:11:48,179 --> 01:11:51,140
And he said -- You know,
I asked him about that.
1274
01:11:51,182 --> 01:11:54,310
He knew that al-Qaeda was --
That bin Laden,
1275
01:11:54,352 --> 01:11:57,146
who was the leader of al-Qaeda,
was wanted by the United States,
1276
01:11:57,188 --> 01:12:02,777
and that al-Qaeda was,
if you will, enemy of the state.
1277
01:12:02,818 --> 01:12:04,320
He knew all that.
1278
01:12:04,362 --> 01:12:06,989
And he's still -- He knew
that going into the camp.
1279
01:12:07,031 --> 01:12:10,326
He knew that during the camp.
And on several occasions,
1280
01:12:10,368 --> 01:12:14,121
bin Laden himself spoke
to specifically the foreigners.
1281
01:12:14,163 --> 01:12:16,916
The Westerners were set aside
and he spoke to them.
1282
01:12:16,958 --> 01:12:19,001
And on one occasion at least,
1283
01:12:19,043 --> 01:12:22,004
he spoke directly
with John Walker Lindh
1284
01:12:22,046 --> 01:12:24,173
and he said
he just wanted to fight
1285
01:12:24,215 --> 01:12:27,301
the Northern Alliance.
1286
01:12:27,343 --> 01:12:28,803
That was his intentions.
1287
01:12:28,844 --> 01:12:30,972
I mean, that's, again,
him describing himself,
1288
01:12:31,013 --> 01:12:33,057
that he thought
he was doing something --
1289
01:12:33,099 --> 01:12:35,017
a worthy cause or something.
1290
01:12:35,059 --> 01:12:37,478
And just as I said,
I thought that was a smart kid.
1291
01:12:37,520 --> 01:12:39,021
He seemed intelligent,
1292
01:12:39,063 --> 01:12:42,900
and he learned the language
of a difficult language.
1293
01:12:42,942 --> 01:12:46,237
Yet he just did something
pretty stupid.
1294
01:12:46,278 --> 01:12:48,698
Tom Brokaw:It appears
an American member
1295
01:12:48,739 --> 01:12:52,076
of bin Laden's fighting force
will escape the death penalty.
1296
01:12:52,118 --> 01:12:54,328
Radack:
So this whole narrative
1297
01:12:54,370 --> 01:12:56,872
started to develop
rather quickly.
1298
01:12:56,914 --> 01:12:59,875
Wray: We had very few bad guys
in our possession.
1299
01:12:59,917 --> 01:13:01,669
And suddenly we had this guy,
1300
01:13:01,711 --> 01:13:04,380
who not only was supposedly
a bad guy,
1301
01:13:04,422 --> 01:13:08,217
but was one of our own.
1302
01:13:08,259 --> 01:13:12,972
Radack:
And he was ripe for caricatures.
1303
01:13:13,014 --> 01:13:15,349
I don't have to go through
all the rigmarole
1304
01:13:15,391 --> 01:13:16,851
of a courtroom,
1305
01:13:16,892 --> 01:13:18,394
and I can judge
just by what I know
1306
01:13:18,436 --> 01:13:20,312
that he's guilty
and that he should be punished.
1307
01:13:20,354 --> 01:13:22,023
I certainly don't approve
of what he did,
1308
01:13:22,064 --> 01:13:24,150
but then I don't know
what he did exactly.
1309
01:13:24,191 --> 01:13:26,193
Reporter #20: But is he
a latter-day Patty Hearst,
1310
01:13:26,235 --> 01:13:28,904
allegedly brainwashed
into becoming a warrior
1311
01:13:28,946 --> 01:13:31,574
or an accessory
to the murder of a CIA agent
1312
01:13:31,615 --> 01:13:33,200
who tried to question him?
1313
01:13:33,242 --> 01:13:35,119
Reporter #21: For now,
Walker is in military custody
1314
01:13:35,161 --> 01:13:36,454
on a Navy ship.
1315
01:13:36,495 --> 01:13:38,080
Brokaw: The American Taliban,
John Walker Lindh,
1316
01:13:38,122 --> 01:13:39,790
is coming back
to the United States today.
1317
01:13:39,832 --> 01:13:41,250
Mr. President, the country seems
to be divided
1318
01:13:41,292 --> 01:13:44,045
along several lines
when it comes to his case.
1319
01:13:44,086 --> 01:13:46,380
He's a traitor. Others say
he's a misunderstood kid.
1320
01:13:46,422 --> 01:13:48,090
Where do you come down
on all that?
1321
01:13:48,132 --> 01:13:50,885
I come down that he volunteered
to join al-Qaeda,
1322
01:13:50,926 --> 01:13:52,636
was trained by al-Qaeda.
1323
01:13:52,678 --> 01:13:56,599
I also am pleased that he's
gonna be afforded a chance
1324
01:13:56,640 --> 01:13:59,268
to make his case
in a court of law.
1325
01:13:59,310 --> 01:14:04,815
Radack: It was just a complete
way to vilify someone,
1326
01:14:04,857 --> 01:14:06,525
which normally
Justice Department
1327
01:14:06,567 --> 01:14:08,152
has regulations against
1328
01:14:08,194 --> 01:14:11,113
because you don't want to give
unfair pretrial publicity
1329
01:14:11,155 --> 01:14:14,116
on someone that you actually
want to try in court
1330
01:14:14,158 --> 01:14:19,121
because it can make a criminal
prosecution more difficult.
1331
01:14:19,163 --> 01:14:20,956
Reporter #22: His defense argues
that his statements
1332
01:14:20,998 --> 01:14:23,084
to the FBI are unreliable
1333
01:14:23,125 --> 01:14:24,919
because he made them
after being held for two
1334
01:14:24,960 --> 01:14:26,921
or three days
in this metal container,
1335
01:14:26,962 --> 01:14:29,799
an improvised jail cell,
blindfolded, his hands
1336
01:14:29,840 --> 01:14:32,093
and feet painfully
bound to a stretcher.
1337
01:14:32,134 --> 01:14:33,803
They say Lindh believed
the only way
1338
01:14:33,844 --> 01:14:36,138
to escape the torture
of his confinement
1339
01:14:36,180 --> 01:14:38,349
was to do
whatever the FBI wanted.
1340
01:14:42,353 --> 01:14:43,896
-Yeah.
-Yeah.
1341
01:14:45,731 --> 01:14:47,983
[ Reporters shouting questions ]
1342
01:14:48,025 --> 01:14:49,318
Greenberg:
There was no credible story
1343
01:14:49,360 --> 01:14:50,861
that was coming out
about what this was.
1344
01:14:50,903 --> 01:14:52,446
There were too many questions
around it.
1345
01:14:52,488 --> 01:14:55,282
And it's not just about
John Walker Lindh.
1346
01:14:55,324 --> 01:14:57,326
It's about the larger context
1347
01:14:57,368 --> 01:15:00,287
of what it meant
to take the gloves off
1348
01:15:00,329 --> 01:15:04,083
and do what we needed to do
to keep the country safe.
1349
01:15:04,125 --> 01:15:06,377
The problem is
that it shows weakness.
1350
01:15:06,418 --> 01:15:09,880
That pushing aside laws
and protections shows
1351
01:15:09,922 --> 01:15:12,174
that you don't really
trust your system.
1352
01:15:12,216 --> 01:15:17,805
And among the things that 9/11
did was to cause Americans
1353
01:15:17,847 --> 01:15:20,850
at all levels of society
and government
1354
01:15:20,891 --> 01:15:23,185
to say, "Our systems
can't protect us."
1355
01:15:23,227 --> 01:15:27,022
The systems and the law were in
the way for keeping us safe.
1356
01:15:27,064 --> 01:15:31,527
And to this day, we haven't
really come to terms
1357
01:15:31,569 --> 01:15:32,862
with the impact on that.
1358
01:15:32,903 --> 01:15:34,196
So to your question, you know,
1359
01:15:34,238 --> 01:15:35,489
"What happened
with terrorism trials?"
1360
01:15:35,531 --> 01:15:37,992
That's not the question
I would ask.
1361
01:15:38,033 --> 01:15:39,535
I would ask the question,
"What happened
1362
01:15:39,577 --> 01:15:43,164
with the relationship
between security and the law?"
1363
01:15:43,205 --> 01:15:45,166
which is -- which is
still something
1364
01:15:45,207 --> 01:15:47,126
we're struggling with
as a country.
1365
01:15:47,168 --> 01:15:51,422
He chose to waive his right
to an attorney,
1366
01:15:51,463 --> 01:15:58,220
both orally and in writing
before his statement to the FBI.
1367
01:15:58,262 --> 01:16:00,055
Mr. Walker will be
held responsible
1368
01:16:00,097 --> 01:16:01,432
in the courtroom
for his choices.
1369
01:16:01,473 --> 01:16:03,309
Radack:
After that press conference,
1370
01:16:03,350 --> 01:16:07,646
I get this performance
evaluation that's unsigned.
1371
01:16:07,688 --> 01:16:12,985
And my boss is just like,
"You don't seem happy here.
1372
01:16:13,027 --> 01:16:16,071
I think you should probably
find another job."
1373
01:16:16,113 --> 01:16:19,074
And she didn't say, "Because
of John Walker Lindh
1374
01:16:19,116 --> 01:16:21,744
and the fact that our office
took a position
1375
01:16:21,785 --> 01:16:23,162
that now contradicts
1376
01:16:23,204 --> 01:16:25,164
what the attorney general
was saying,"
1377
01:16:25,206 --> 01:16:30,085
but clearly, the ethics office
wanted me out.
1378
01:16:30,127 --> 01:16:39,929
1379
01:16:39,970 --> 01:16:43,515
And these trophy photos,
like why?
1380
01:16:43,557 --> 01:16:45,100
Who...
1381
01:16:48,562 --> 01:16:50,773
Why would they even...
1382
01:16:50,814 --> 01:16:54,109
I'm sorry.
It's just...
1383
01:16:54,151 --> 01:17:02,243
1384
01:17:02,284 --> 01:17:06,372
The smear campaigns,
they were directed at anyone
1385
01:17:06,413 --> 01:17:11,961
who was remotely seen
as having helped him.
1386
01:17:12,002 --> 01:17:15,256
And that's just tyrannical.
1387
01:17:15,297 --> 01:17:16,715
Reporter #23: The question is
1388
01:17:16,757 --> 01:17:18,759
whether actions
taken around the battlefield,
1389
01:17:18,801 --> 01:17:20,219
where there are a few rules,
1390
01:17:20,261 --> 01:17:22,680
can withstand the test
of the legal system,
1391
01:17:22,721 --> 01:17:26,225
where rules are everything.
1392
01:17:26,267 --> 01:17:28,936
Greenberg: The purpose
of a trial is to heal
1393
01:17:28,978 --> 01:17:31,605
and to bring a sense of justice
1394
01:17:31,647 --> 01:17:34,483
both to the victim
and to the alleged perpetrator,
1395
01:17:34,525 --> 01:17:37,319
and in so many terrorism cases,
we don't see that.
1396
01:17:37,361 --> 01:17:39,446
It was a very big surprise
in the Virginia courtroom
1397
01:17:39,488 --> 01:17:43,284
where John Lindh faced charges
that he engaged in terrorism.
1398
01:17:43,325 --> 01:17:44,743
Greenberg:
And in this case,
1399
01:17:44,785 --> 01:17:46,954
it might have made for
a more settling story
1400
01:17:46,996 --> 01:17:49,456
and for a greater sense
of closure.
1401
01:17:49,498 --> 01:17:52,167
Franken: The deal had been
struck just some nine hours
1402
01:17:52,209 --> 01:17:54,837
before John Walker Lindh
came back to court,
1403
01:17:54,878 --> 01:17:58,173
so secret that
Judge T.S. Ellis only found out
1404
01:17:58,215 --> 01:18:00,217
shortly before
he took the bench.
1405
01:18:00,259 --> 01:18:02,553
It wasn't just the plea deal,
it was the charges,
1406
01:18:02,594 --> 01:18:07,266
the fact that they decided
to drop 8 of 10 charges.
1407
01:18:07,308 --> 01:18:09,476
It wasn't that there was a jury
and he was acquitted.
1408
01:18:09,518 --> 01:18:12,271
It was the charges
were actually dropped.
1409
01:18:12,313 --> 01:18:14,606
And so that is very unsettling.
1410
01:18:14,648 --> 01:18:16,567
1411
01:18:16,608 --> 01:18:18,569
It was like, "Wait,
what happened?
1412
01:18:18,610 --> 01:18:20,279
Was there evidence?
Wasn't there evidence?
1413
01:18:20,321 --> 01:18:22,865
What's -- what's
the actual story?"
1414
01:18:55,439 --> 01:18:56,732
Ellis:
It is true that fighting
1415
01:18:56,774 --> 01:18:58,817
for something you believe in
is a virtue,
1416
01:18:58,859 --> 01:19:02,029
but only if the belief
is itself virtuous.
1417
01:19:14,041 --> 01:19:16,710
...and the Constitution
that led your council
1418
01:19:16,752 --> 01:19:18,921
to exert
their every effort for you
1419
01:19:18,962 --> 01:19:21,590
and that you will have
as much fervor for those
1420
01:19:21,632 --> 01:19:23,217
for all this country stands for
1421
01:19:23,258 --> 01:19:28,263
as you had for some causes
lacking virtue in the past.
1422
01:19:28,305 --> 01:19:30,557
The court concludes
that you should be committed
1423
01:19:30,599 --> 01:19:32,101
to the custody
of the Bureau of Prisons
1424
01:19:32,142 --> 01:19:34,937
for a period of 10 years
as to count 9
1425
01:19:34,978 --> 01:19:38,482
and 10 years as to one count
of criminal information,
1426
01:19:38,524 --> 01:19:41,777
those counts
to run consecutively.
1427
01:19:41,819 --> 01:19:43,737
This court stands in recess.
1428
01:19:43,779 --> 01:19:46,198
[ Gavel bangs ]
1429
01:19:46,240 --> 01:19:56,208
1430
01:19:56,250 --> 01:20:06,135
1431
01:20:06,176 --> 01:20:09,721
Alison: One of the things
that my dad said to me
1432
01:20:09,763 --> 01:20:11,098
was the exact same thing
1433
01:20:11,140 --> 01:20:13,976
that he said
to John Walker Lindh.
1434
01:20:15,853 --> 01:20:21,108
There were Muslims
in the Twin Towers that day,
1435
01:20:21,150 --> 01:20:26,155
and the people
who did this were radicals.
1436
01:20:26,196 --> 01:20:31,660
And that's not what's written
in the Quran.
1437
01:20:31,702 --> 01:20:33,954
That is something
that really rang true
1438
01:20:33,996 --> 01:20:35,164
when I went over there.
1439
01:20:35,205 --> 01:20:41,003
1440
01:20:41,044 --> 01:20:46,884
1441
01:20:46,925 --> 01:20:50,012
The people there...
1442
01:20:50,053 --> 01:20:52,389
have been through a lot,
1443
01:20:52,431 --> 01:20:56,852
but they have a lot to offer
when you go.
1444
01:20:56,894 --> 01:20:59,938
I went there scared
1445
01:20:59,980 --> 01:21:03,192
and not sure what to expect,
1446
01:21:03,233 --> 01:21:08,530
but I met people there
who were friends with my dad,
1447
01:21:08,572 --> 01:21:10,949
who loved my dad,
1448
01:21:10,991 --> 01:21:16,205
who fought beside him
and who were Muslim
1449
01:21:16,246 --> 01:21:19,666
and were fighting the same
fight he was.
1450
01:21:19,708 --> 01:21:22,878
That will always stick with me.
1451
01:21:22,920 --> 01:21:28,008
1452
01:21:28,050 --> 01:21:33,180
1453
01:21:33,222 --> 01:21:35,724
Perry: It seemed like America
was gonna win quite quickly
1454
01:21:35,766 --> 01:21:37,392
and I would ask people,
1455
01:21:37,434 --> 01:21:41,271
"What do you feel about that
prospect of peace finally?"
1456
01:21:42,481 --> 01:21:44,900
I remember this guy saying,
"Look, at the moment,
1457
01:21:44,942 --> 01:21:46,902
I'm 23 years old.
I've got a pick-up,
1458
01:21:46,944 --> 01:21:48,570
I've got a couple of guys
in the back with RPGs.
1459
01:21:48,612 --> 01:21:50,072
We scream into town.
1460
01:21:50,113 --> 01:21:52,950
We get out,
we get free cups of tea
1461
01:21:52,991 --> 01:21:55,077
and get looks
from the girls."
1462
01:21:55,118 --> 01:21:57,246
Peace?
What do you want me to do?
1463
01:21:57,287 --> 01:21:59,665
Hoe the desert? God.
1464
01:21:59,706 --> 01:22:01,083
[ Laughs ]
1465
01:22:01,124 --> 01:22:04,253
And I'll tell you,
when he said that,
1466
01:22:04,294 --> 01:22:07,089
I don't want to go hoe
the desert either.
1467
01:22:09,091 --> 01:22:11,093
But, you know, there's a reason
1468
01:22:11,134 --> 01:22:13,345
why the foot soldiers
in these wars,
1469
01:22:13,387 --> 01:22:15,097
they're all under 30.
1470
01:22:15,138 --> 01:22:18,267
You know, these are young men.
1471
01:22:18,308 --> 01:22:21,103
They're having
this wonderful adventure
1472
01:22:21,144 --> 01:22:23,522
and egging each other on,
mates, you know,
1473
01:22:23,564 --> 01:22:27,067
until one day comes along
and they all get killed.
1474
01:22:27,109 --> 01:22:28,819
[ Gunfire ]
1475
01:22:32,197 --> 01:22:37,786
If you reach a certain level
of maturity, you don't do it.
1476
01:22:37,828 --> 01:22:39,496
You know, you grow up.
1477
01:22:39,538 --> 01:22:43,417
1478
01:22:43,458 --> 01:22:45,210
[ Gunfire ]
1479
01:22:49,172 --> 01:22:53,302
Man #7: I'm in the basement
of the pink house.
1480
01:22:53,343 --> 01:22:55,804
You can see some of the writing
here, some of the drawings.
1481
01:22:55,846 --> 01:22:57,347
Here's another one.
1482
01:22:58,515 --> 01:23:02,102
An interesting drawing.
1483
01:23:02,144 --> 01:23:05,355
I can't imagine seven days
in this basement.
1484
01:23:09,484 --> 01:23:11,486
[ Man speaking Arabic ]
1485
01:23:15,616 --> 01:23:17,159
Alphabet.
1486
01:23:17,200 --> 01:23:19,494
It was like he was teaching
Arabic to somebody.
1487
01:23:19,536 --> 01:23:23,123
He said Johnny Walker was in the
room across from us here.
1488
01:23:23,165 --> 01:23:24,875
Okay.
Let's go there.
1489
01:23:39,014 --> 01:23:40,891
Man:
Johnny Walker injure.
1490
01:23:40,932 --> 01:23:43,685
-Injured in here?
-Johnny Walker.
1491
01:23:43,727 --> 01:23:44,728
That's a rocket
right there.
1492
01:23:44,770 --> 01:23:46,229
Oh, look at that.
1493
01:23:46,271 --> 01:23:48,982
This room is completely
blackened from the fire.
1494
01:23:49,024 --> 01:23:51,568
Pelton: What made you decide
to leave the basement?
1495
01:24:38,573 --> 01:24:41,243
Was your goal to be Shaheed
or murdered?
1496
01:24:43,954 --> 01:24:45,122
Was it your goal?
Huh?
1497
01:24:45,163 --> 01:24:47,124
Was it your goal
at that time?
1498
01:25:10,522 --> 01:25:17,112
1499
01:25:17,154 --> 01:25:23,744
1500
01:25:23,785 --> 01:25:26,538
I have known
very few Americans
1501
01:25:26,580 --> 01:25:27,914
to fight jihad,
1502
01:25:27,956 --> 01:25:29,249
and I'm just wondering,
just personally,
1503
01:25:29,291 --> 01:25:30,959
because I've been
on jihad in Chechnya
1504
01:25:31,001 --> 01:25:34,254
and southern Philippines,
I'm just curious,
1505
01:25:34,296 --> 01:25:36,465
was this what you thought
it would be?
1506
01:25:36,506 --> 01:25:39,468
Was this the right cause
or the right place?
1507
01:25:42,137 --> 01:25:52,147
1508
01:25:52,189 --> 01:26:02,073
1509
01:26:02,115 --> 01:26:12,083
1510
01:26:12,125 --> 01:26:22,135
1511
01:26:22,177 --> 01:26:32,145
1512
01:26:32,187 --> 01:26:42,155
1513
01:26:42,197 --> 01:26:52,165
1514
01:26:52,207 --> 01:27:02,133
1515
01:27:02,175 --> 01:27:12,143
1516
01:27:12,185 --> 01:27:22,153
1517
01:27:22,195 --> 01:27:32,205
1518
01:27:32,247 --> 01:27:42,215
1519
01:27:42,257 --> 01:27:52,225
1520
01:27:52,267 --> 01:28:02,193
1521
01:28:02,235 --> 01:28:12,203
1522
01:28:12,245 --> 01:28:18,251
1523
01:28:18,293 --> 01:28:24,632
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