Frank Lindh

Dave Iverson

May 25, 2011 at

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Was John Walker Lindh a scapegoat? The former Taliban soldier’s father — Marin resident Frank Lindh — joins us in the studio. Lindh believes that his son was unfairly targeted due to the nation’s anger over 9/11, and that he should be released from federal prison now that Osama bin Laden is dead.

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