le ▁and ▁two ▁gr en ades . ▁I ▁did ▁so ▁know ingly ▁and ▁will ingly ▁knowing ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁illegal ." ▁Lind h ▁said ▁that ▁he ▁" w ent ▁to ▁Afghan istan ▁with ▁the ▁intention ▁of ▁fighting ▁against ▁terror ism ▁and ▁opp ression ", ▁fighting ▁for ▁the ▁suffering ▁of ▁ordinary ▁people ▁at ▁the ▁hands ▁of ▁the ▁Northern ▁Alliance . ▁On ▁October ▁ 4 , ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁Judge ▁T . S . ▁Ell is ▁III ▁im posed ▁a ▁sentence ▁of ▁ 2 0 ▁years ▁in ▁federal ▁prison . ▁ ▁Some ▁activ ists ▁and ▁academ ics ▁have ▁called ▁for ▁Lind h ▁to ▁eventually ▁tell ▁his ▁story . ▁The ▁government ▁invoked ▁the ▁Son ▁of ▁Sam ▁law ▁and ▁informed ▁Lind h ▁that ▁any ▁and ▁all ▁prof its ▁made ▁from ▁book ▁de als ▁or ▁any ▁mov ies ▁about ▁Lind h ' s ▁experience ▁would ▁be ▁automatically ▁transferred ▁to ▁the ▁federal ▁government . ▁Lind h , ▁his ▁family , ▁his ▁relatives , ▁his ▁associ ates ▁and ▁his ▁friends ▁will ▁be ▁unable ▁to ▁profit ▁finan cially ▁from ▁his ▁cr imes ▁and / or ▁experiences . ▁Lind h ' s ▁att orney , ▁James ▁B ros nah an , ▁said ▁Lind h ▁would ▁be ▁el ig ible ▁for ▁release ▁in ▁ 1 7 ▁years , ▁with ▁good ▁behavior . ▁Lind h ▁agreed ▁to ▁co oper ate ▁" fully , ▁truth fully ▁and ▁completely " ▁with ▁both ▁military ▁intelligence ▁and ▁law ▁enfor cement ▁ag encies ▁in ▁the ▁terror ism ▁investigation . ▁ ▁Im pr ison ment ▁In ▁January