HJR46 Summary

• Honors Johnny Michael Spann, a CIA agent from Winfield, Alabama, who was the first American killed in the War on Terror during the Battle of Qala-I-Jangi prison uprising in Afghanistan in 2001.

• Condemns the early release of John Walker Lindh, known as "the American Taliban," who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for joining the Taliban and studying anti-American propaganda, and who was confined in the same prison where Agent Spann was killed.

• Asserts that court testimony showed Lindh had prior knowledge of the prison uprising that could have saved Agent Spann's life and hundreds of prisoners if disclosed during his interrogation moments before the uprising.

• States that Lindh's actions deprived Agent Spann of a long life with his family and that his early release is an insult to Spann's legacy, his surviving family members, and all who have sacrificed to defend the United States.

• Adopted by the Alabama House on March 21, 2019, and by the Senate on April 9, 2019.