to twitter asking why lindh wasn t prosecuted for treason and sentenced to life in prison, a position held by conservatives. he met with usama bin laden, chose to go to the front lines to fight the taliban in summer of 2001. john walker lindh swore allegiance to jihad. reporter: foreign policy magazine released documents from the national counterterrorism center saying while in prison, continue to advocate global jihadist translate violent extremist texts. prison cannot keep lindh from his jihadist ways and now he is on the street with less control. all the things that went into this day, be let out early, we could review it all. reporter: for me lindh sitting to northern virginia were supervision will be handled and he told mister span to shut his mouth, lindh has been exonerated and cast he can t let it go.