An opponent of the George W. Bush administration's ends-justify-the-means policies, federal Department of Justice ethics adviser Jesselyn Radack blew the whistle on how the U.S. government failed to follow ordinary, constitutional legal procedure in questioning John Walker Lindh, the so-called "American Taliban" who was caught in 2001 in Afghanistan fighting with the Taliban.
At issue was whether Lindh had been allowed legal representation before being questioned. Lindh's father had hired a lawyer to represent his son, but not knowing this, Lindh made self-incriminating admissions. Later, Radack complained that a number of her emails about this case had been destroyed.
Radack advised that the man's confession would not be allowed as evidence in court, which was not what her bosses wanted to hear. She was advised to find another job elsewhere.
Radack then joined a private law firm but lost that job when her former government department began investigating her. This criminal investigation was later dropped.
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