(AL.com) So-called “American Taliban” John Walker Lindh is scheduled to be released Thursday — years earlier than his 20-year prison sentence for aiding the extremist Muslim group — and Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., wants answers.
Alabama’s senior senator sent a letter Monday to the acting director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, concerned that federal officials may not be prepared to keep Americans safe from Lindh and other terrorist offenders who are soon to be released.
“As many as 108 other terrorist offenders are scheduled to complete their sentences and be released from U.S. federal prisons over the next few years. Little information has been made available to the public about who, when, and where these offenders will be released, whether they pose an ongoing public threat, and what your agencies are doing to mitigate this threat while the offenders are in federal custody,” Shelby and Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., wrote to Acting BOP Director Hugh Hurwitz.
