INTERVIEW – LT. COL. TONY SHAFFER – a CIA trained former senior intelligence officer and president of the London Center for Policy Research

• John Walker Lindh, American ex-Taliban militant, set to walk free Thursday.  John Walker Lindh, who is currently behind bars in Terre Haute, Indiana, is set to be discharged May 23, several years before he would complete the prescribed 20-year prison sentence he received for joining and supporting the Taliban. The former Islamist fighter and enemy combatant, named “Detainee 001 in the war on terror,” was arrested in 2001, just months after the Sept. 11 attacks and the start of the war in Afghanistan, along with a group of Taliban fighters who were captured by U.S. forces.
• Father of slain CIA officer calls for investigation of comments by “American Taliban” fighter John Walker Lindh ahead of his release. ‘Slap in the face’: Daughter of CIA officer killed after 9/11 blasts ‘American Taliban’ release
• In letter, ‘American Taliban’ John Walker Lindh said ISIS ‘doing a spectacular job’