John Walker Lindh gets sentenced today. You can read the Sentencing Memoranda filed by his lawyers and the Government here.

Far more interesting is the account of what Lindh told Rohan Gunaratna, the terrorism expert on his defense team, about plans he had heard for post- September 11 attacks. He said three phases of attacks were planned altogether: September 11 was the first; the second was going to make the U.S. forget about Sept. 11 and might include biological and chemical weapons; and the third was going to finish us off.

Authorities say they have received conflicting accounts from many prisoners and have not been able to confirm the information about future attacks. They suspect some prisoners were trained to give misinformation and others are simply repeating rumors or folklore that has spread among them since September 11.

Gunaratna interviewed Lindh for eight hours in July in his jail cell and submitted a report to the Judge. He concluded Lindh "never swore loyalty to Osama bin Laden and al-Qaida." He believes nonetheless that Lindh would be a "valuable U.S. intelligence asset because he understood what makes Islamic fundamentalists join conflicts around the world."