Getting Away With Murder: The True Story Behind American Taliban John Walker Lindh and What the U.S. Government Had to Hide

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Getting Away With Murder is an explosive investigation into the death of an American hero, the strange case of the American Taliban, and why we never got the truth about eitheruntil now. When John Walker Lindh was arrested in November 2001, Americans were shocked to learn that one of our own had fought for the Taliban. He would come under further fire for the torture and death of CIA officer Mike Spann. The American public was outraged, and the Bush administration vowed to make an example of the traitor. Why then, after threatening treason and the death penalty, did the government suddenly abandon a trial in favor of a soft plea deal Richard D. Mahoney puts these questions on trial; the final verdict promises to be shocking.

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The book raises important questions about the precarious nature of the U.S.'s alliances with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan.