U.S.-born Taliban tries to have statements dismissed

Wednesday, June 19, 2002

ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- The government violated John Walker Lindh's rights when it refused to fly the U.S.-born Taliban home from Afghanistan for a prompt hearing while allowing him to be questioned by U.S. interrogators, his lawyers said Tuesday.

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