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ARRAIGNED. JOHN WALKER LINDH, 21, American Taliban accused of aiding al-Qaeda and conspiring to kill Americans; in federal court in Alexandria, Va. Lindh pleaded, "Not guilty, sir," as the family of CIA officer Johnny (Mike) Spann--killed at the prison where Lindh was captured--watched. Lindh faces life imprisonment if convicted...
...ordered the attacks and that additional attacks would follow." That didn't seem to bother Lindh, who continued fighting with the Taliban for weeks, until U.S. bombs forced him and many Taliban to surrender. He eventually wound up at the Qala-i-Jangi prison compound, where CIA officer Johnny Spann tried to get him to talk; shortly afterward, prisoners rioted, killing Spann. Lindh was shot in the leg during the melee, but whether he was involved in the uprising is unclear...
...passable and occasionally inspiring formal speaker, Bush rattled off diplomatic and military accomplishments in the war on terror. Then he did the same for the gallery guests - Afghanistan's new leader, its new Minister of Womens' Affairs, and the widow of America's first military hero, Shannon Spann...
Still the question lingered: How much loss could we stand? CIA officer Johnny Micheal Spann (high school football player, loved Top Gun) had e-mailed his dad before his death, says the Washington Post, asking him to write to lawmakers. "Support your government and your military," he urged, "especially when the bodies start coming home." That was an extraordinary plea from a man heading into harm's way: Don't fail us; don't let us die in vain. Had he heard too often the expert condescension, that Americans only support wars that are quick and easy to win? There...
DIED. KATHRYN KING, 30, ex-wife of the late CIA officer Johnny ("Mike") Spann, who was killed in November during a prison uprising in Afghanistan; of cancer; in Birmingham, Ala. Spann's parents plan to raise their two young daughters...