Editing John Walker Lindh (section)

==Imprisonment==
In January 2003, Lindh was sent to the [[United States Penitentiary, Victorville|U.S. Penitentiary, Victorville]], a high-security facility northeast of Los Angeles.<ref name="SentToCA">{{cite news|title=Lindh Gets Sent From Va. to Calif. Prison|url=https://www.michigansthumb.com/news/article/Lindh-Gets-Sent-From-Va-to-Calif-Prison-7325492.php|work=Huron Daily Tribune|date=January 29, 2003|access-date=September 15, 2017|archive-date=September 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170915114145/http://www.michigansthumb.com/news/article/Lindh-Gets-Sent-From-Va-to-Calif-Prison-7325492.php|url-status=live}}</ref> On March 3, 2003, Lindh was tackled by inmate Richard Dale Morrison. He assaulted Lindh at prayer, causing bruises on his forehead. On July 2, 2003, Morrison was charged with a [[misdemeanor]] count of assault.<ref name="Richard_Dale_Morrison">{{cite news|last1=Rosenzweig|first1=David|last2=Johnson|first2=John|title=Fellow Prisoner Is Charged With Assault on Lindh|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-jul-04-me-lindh4-story.html|work=Los Angeles Times|date=July 4, 2003|access-date=September 15, 2017|archive-date=October 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024174711/http://articles.latimes.com/2003/jul/04/local/me-lindh4|url-status=live}}</ref> Lindh was held in Federal [[Supermax]] [[ADX Florence]] in [[Florence, Colorado|Florence]], Colorado for a short time. He served his sentence as prisoner 45426-083,<ref>{{cite web|title=BOP Inmate Locator|url=https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/|access-date=September 28, 2017|archive-date=January 29, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140129150019/https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/|url-status=live}}</ref> at the [[Federal Correctional Complex, Terre Haute|Federal Correctional Institution at Terre Haute]], Indiana in the [[Communication Management Unit]].<ref name="aplindhramadanplea" /><ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=https://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=IDSearch&needingMoreList=false&IDType=IRN&IDNumber=45426-083&x=25&y=20|title=Federal Bureau of Prisons|website=BOP.gov|access-date=March 22, 2010|archive-date=January 22, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122083024/http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=IDSearch&needingMoreList=false&IDType=IRN&IDNumber=45426-083&x=25&y=20|url-status=live}}</ref>

In April 2007, citing the reduced sentence for the Australian prisoner [[David Matthew Hicks]], Lindh's attorneys made a public plea for a Presidential [[clemency|commutation]] to lessen his 20-year sentence. In January 2009, the Lindh family's petition for clemency was denied by President [[George W. Bush]] in one of his final acts in office. According to the [[U.S. Department of Justice]], all "[[special administrative measure]]s" in place against Lindh expired on March 20, 2009, as part of a gradual easing of restrictions on him.<ref>{{cite news|first=Carrie|last=Johnson|title=Prison Officials Are Loosening Restrictions on Taliban Supporter|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=March 18, 2009|page=6}}</ref><ref name="FP"/>

In 2010, Lindh and the Syrian-American prisoner [[Enaam Arnaout]] sued to lift restrictions on group prayer by Muslim inmates in the Communication Management Unit.<ref name="aplindhramadanplea">{{cite news|url=https://www.salon.com/news/feature/2010/09/01/john_walker_lindh_prison_prayer|title=John Walker Lindh seeks Ind. prison prayer ruling|access-date=October 23, 2010|last=Wilson|first=Charles|date=September 1, 2010|agency=[[Associated Press]]|website=[[Salon.com|Salon]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100902033055/http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2010/09/01/john_walker_lindh_prison_prayer|archive-date=September 2, 2010}}</ref> On January 11, 2013, a federal judge ruled in their favor, saying that the government had shown no compelling interest in restricting the religious speech of the inmates by prohibiting them from praying together.<ref name="FP"/><ref name="apgroupprayerdecision">{{cite news|url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/us-born-taliban-fighter-wins-prison-prayer-lawsuit |title=US-born Taliban fighter wins prison prayer lawsuit |date=January 11, 2013 |agency=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=January 13, 2013 |last=Wilson |first=Charles |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130114070723/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/us-born-taliban-fighter-wins-prison-prayer-lawsuit |archive-date=January 14, 2013 }}</ref>

In 2013, Lindh secured Irish citizenship through his paternal grandmother, Kathleen Maguire, who was born in [[Donegal (town)|Donegal]].<ref name="FP" />

In February 2015, Lindh wrote to a California television producer,<ref>Harnden, "First Casualty," p. 324</ref> expressing support for ISIS or the Islamic State, the militant group that had recently beheaded five Westerners in televised executions. Asked if he supported the Islamic State, Lindh, now calling himself "Yahya", Arabic for John, replied in a handwritten letter: "Yes, and they are doing a spectacular job. The Islamic State is clearly very sincere and serious about fulfilling the long-neglected religious obligation of establishing a caliphate through armed struggle, which is the only correct method".<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Harris |first1=Mary |last2=Perelman |first2=Marina |last3=Nolan • • |first3=Conan |title=Prison Letters From 'American Taliban' Underscore Concerns Over His Supervised Release |url=https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/national-international/american-taliban-john-walker-lindh-prison-letters-isis-terrorism/135707/ |access-date=May 11, 2022 |website=NBC Los Angeles |date=May 22, 2019 |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2017, ''[[Foreign Policy magazine]]'' reported an internal report by the [[National Counterterrorism Center]] asserted Lindh told a visiting television news producer that he had not renounced extremist violence.<ref name="FP">{{cite news |website=[[Foreign Policy]] |title=John Walker Lindh, Detainee No. 001 in the Global War on Terror, Will Go Free in Two Years. What Then? |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/06/23/john-walker-lindh-detainee-001-in-the-global-war-on-terror-will-go-free-in-two-years-what-then/ |date=June 23, 2017 |first1=Dan |last1=de Luce |first2=Robbie |last2=Gramer |first3=Jana |last3=Winter |access-date=June 23, 2017 |archive-date=June 23, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170623160056/https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/06/23/john-walker-lindh-detainee-001-in-the-global-war-on-terror-will-go-free-in-two-years-what-then/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Lindh was interviewed for the 2016 book ''The Way of the Strangers: Encounters With the Islamic State'' by Graeme Wood, on the condition that Wood provide Lindh with "books, treatises, articles, or other writings produced by leaders of the Islamic State and/or scholars affiliated with it (preferably in the original Arabic)". Upon sending the package of literature was blocked from delivery by the prison as it was deemed contraband, however Lindh decided to continue corresponding with Wood, although Lindh later ended the correspondence by saying he was personally a "layman" whose opinions had "no consequence", referring to his knowledge of the Islamic State.<ref name="Wood">{{cite web |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/05/my-letters-john-walker-lindh-american-jidahist/590071/ |publisher=The Atlantic |title=I Wrote to John Walker Lindh. He Wrote Back ... The American jihadist thanked me for my interest in the Islamic State. |date=May 23, 2019 |author=Graeme Wood |access-date=September 17, 2020 |archive-date=September 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200902205102/https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/05/my-letters-john-walker-lindh-american-jidahist/590071/ |url-status=live }}</ref>