Johnny Jihad wants a pardon.

The Orlando Sentinel ^ | November 29, 2008 | LARA JAKES JORDAN

[Askwhy5times]

WASHINGTON (AP) _ Some high-profile convicts past and present are among more than 2,000 people asking President George W. Bush to pardon them or commute their prison sentences before he leaves office. Junk-bond king Michael Milken, media mogul Conrad Black and American-born Taliban soldier John Walker Lindh have applied to the Justice Department seeking official forgiveness.

[bkepley]

Typical SF Bay area Lib brat on a spiritual journey trying to find himself

I've always thought it was different than that. His father left his mother to live with a man. What he did was join the most vehemently anti-homosexual religion going.

[fortunecookie]

I remember the nutty Cali Taliban dude. Ugh. God forbid he get that pardon, what’s next for him? Guest lecturing at Berkeley? A position in the new administration? Or just more terror plotting and recruiting of others like him among disaffected Cali young people?

[Joe Boucher]

John Walker Lindh?
Release him in the middle of Fort Benning and give the Rangers a heads up.

[Longtom]

I remember him alright. And the death of the CIA agent he was responsible for. ‘’Matels new Johnny Jihad! Johnny Jihad comes complete with his own AK-47 and copy of the Holy Koran. Press the button and he talks: “Dath to America’’. Johnny Jihad and Johnny Jihad acessories sold seperatly. Batteries not included’’.

[magslinger]

Even if he changed his mind about Islam, I can understand why he might not say anything while in prison. Prison would be a poor place to be a recovering Muslim.

With that said, even if he were speaking against Islam, I say keep him right where he is until he finishes his sentence unless Afghanistan wants to try him. We have no way of knowing if he has truly changed or is just trying to get out.

[ViLaLuz]

If the American Taliban is pardoned, I can’t imagine he would live much longer.