The White House said that the U

The White House said that the U.S. decision to deny a lawyer for captive John Walker Lindh was appropriate because the American who fought for the Taliban is a "battlefield detainee" governed by the Geneva Convention. The Justice Department has ruled out charging Walker with treason, which can carry a death penalty. NBC said prosecutors were preparing to charge Walker with violating a federal law that makes it a crime to support a terrorist organization. The maximum penalty for a conviction would be 10 years in prison.