For example, the arrests of John Walker Lindh (a white, middle-class man better known as the 'American Taliban') and Richard Reid (a British citizen of West Indian and European ancestry now serving a life sentence at the Supermax prison in Colorado) confirm that effective law enforcement techniques must rely solely on criminal behavior and not race, religion or nationality in order to ensure our citizens' security.

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He has identified himself as John Walker in interviews, but his father's last name is Lindh.

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After the hearing, one of his lawyers, James Brosnahan, accused US Attorney General John Ashcroft of using "inappropriate" language and taking out his frustrations about terrorism on Mr Walker Lindh.

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