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	Johnny Micheal Spann, Captain, United States Marine Corps & CIA Agent
		Spann, who joined the CIA in June 1999, was expected to be memorialized with a star on the wall at CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, that commemorates employees who died in the line of duty.
		Spann was at the compound to interrogate prisoners.
		Spann, a former Marine captain, is the first American killed in action inside Afghanistan since the war on terrorism began and the 79th CIA officer to have died in the line of duty since the agency's founding in 1947.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /jmspann.htm (10502 words)

	Mike Spann (Site not responding. Last check: )
		"Mike" Spann, who was born and raised in Winfield, Alabama, was graduate of Auburn University.
		Rioting prisoners captured by opposition fighters killed Spann at a compound in Mazar-e-Sharif in northern Afghanistan.
		Spann was also memorialized with a star on the wall at CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, that commemorates employees who died in the line of duty.
	www.wapipedia.com /wikipedia/mobiletopic.aspx?cur_title=Mike_Spann (310 words)

	Spann was named for a hero! (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Mike Spann, age 32, Manassas Park, Virginia, originally from Winfield, Alabama, an agent in the Directorate of Operations for the United States Central Intelligence Agency, lost his life performing in the line of duty in Mazar-e Sharif, Afghanistan.
		Spann served with the United States Marine Corps in Okinawa with one of the members of Pet Harbor's board of directors.
		Spann, a hero, and name this handsome dog in his honor.
	www.petharbor.org /heroes/spann.htm (111 words)

	Honor Mike Spann - Honor-Valor-Country
		We are about sharing Mike with our fellow Americans and interested people from around the world who have contacted us and have asked to know more about Mike - son, husband, father, and countryman.
		Read Johnny Spann's letter on his 2003 trip to Afghanistan.
		"Mike is a hero not because of the way he died, but because of the way he lived.".
	www.honormikespann.org (307 words)

	Manassas Church of Christ
		Mike Spann was the kind of man we dream of growing up to be when we are boys - tough, kind, strong, fair, fully committed to God, to family, to country.
		In addition to Spann and the three Green Berets, five U.S. personnel have died in connection with the conflict in Afghanistan, all outside the country.
		Spann is the 79th CIA employee to die in the line of duty.
	www.manassaschurch.org /MikeSpann.htm (1247 words)

	Spann Mike (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Johnny "Mike" Spann was fulfilling his duties as a CIA officer on Nov. 25, 2001, when he became the first American known to die in combat in Afghanistan.
		Spann, 32, was remembered in his hometown of Winfield, Ala., as a goal-oriented ex-Marine who always wanted to do the right thing without drawing attention to himself.
		Spann was survived by a wife and three children, ages 4, 9 and 6 months.
	www.quietpros.com /Afgan/spann_mike_cia.htm (212 words)

	al.com: Special Report
		Spann said she initially searched for the perfect phrasing from famous people from history, but opted, instead, to eulogize her husband with her own words, mostly with stories from their home life in Manassas Park, Va. They were her first public comments since his Nov. 25 death.
		Spann, with the CIA for less than three years, was in the clandestine branch and his employer was known to only a few until Tenet confirmed his death Nov. 27.
		Spann was buried with full military honors, which included the caisson, a military band, a seven-gun volley, a bugler who performed taps and a precision casket team.
	www.al.com /specialreport/birminghamnews/?spann.html (846 words)

	A Devotion to 'Timeless Virtues' - washingtonpost.com
		CIA officer Johnny "Mike" Spann was laid to rest yesterday on a sloping hillside at Arlington National Cemetery before about 100 family members and federal agents who hailed him as an American hero.
		Spann, who was a clandestine CIA paramilitary officer, was the first U.S. combat casualty in the war on terrorism.
		Spann, a native of Winfield, Ala., joined the CIA in 1999 after serving eight years in the Marine Corps, where he rose to the rank of captain and specialized in artillery.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/31/AR2006103100761_pf.html (699 words)

	Honoring Johnny Micheal Spann
		Spann said her husband "was a hero not because of the way he died, but rather because of the way he lived.
		Mike Spann was serving as a paramilitary officer with the CIA and was at the prison in Mazar-e Sharif interviewing Taliban prisoners.
		Mike Spann is the 79th employee of the Central Intelligence Agency killed in the line of duty and will be memorialized with a star on a wall of honor at CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia.
	www.fas.org /irp/congress/2001_cr/h121101.html (4615 words)

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		Spann, a native of Winfield, Ala., was a solid A/B student in his classes for his major.
		Spann, who served in the CIA's Directorate of Operations, the agency's clandestine espionage arm, was killed inside the fortress where Taliban prisoners were being held and questioned, CIA Director George Tenet said in a written statement.
		Spann, who joined the CIA in June 1999, is believed to be the first CIA officer killed in a U.S. military operation since the Vietnam War.
	www.auburn.edu /administration/univrel/news/archive/11_01news/11_01spann.html (313 words)

	KTLA The CW \| Where Los Angeles Lives \| With heavy heart, dad can finally talk of son
		Johnny Micheal "Mike" Spann was killed during a prison riot in Mazar-e Sharif.
		Mike Spann, 32, joined the CIA in 1999 after serving seven years as a Marine.
		Mike Spann played football at Winfield High, but his dreams always seemed to stretch beyond the streets of his hometown, where his parents and several relatives live.
	ktla.trb.com /news/local/chi-0111290231nov29,0,1789810.story (484 words)

	The Daily Beacon
		Photographs, framed letters, mementos and souvenirs trace the life of Johnny Micheal "Mike" Spann, the CIA officer who was the first American killed by the enemy in the war on terrorism in Afghanistan.
		In recent months, Johnny Spann has become outspoken in his anger at the way the Lindh case was handled: a deal that allowed him to plead guilty to charges he aided the Taliban in exchange for a 20-year prison sentence.
		Johnny Spann said he and his son planned to sleep in sleeping bags, but spent much of the night talking about Mike's plans for the future, including the idea that he might someday run for political office.
	dailybeacon.utk.edu /showarticle.php?articleid=39569 (732 words)

	The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News
		Johnny Micheal "Mike" Spann (March 1, 1969 â“ November 25, 2001) was an employee of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the first American killed in combat after the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan.
		Spann was originally from Winfield, Alabama, and in December 1991, while attending Auburn University, he joined the Marine Corps Reserve.
		Rioting prisoners captured by opposition fighters killed Spann at a compound in Mazari Sharif in northern Afghanistan.
	www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Micheal_Spann (414 words)

	USATODAY.com - Spann's body returned to U.S. (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Alison Spann, "Mike" Spann's daughter, is comforted by Stephanie Tenet, wife of CIA director George Tenet.
		Spann was killed Nov. 25 while interrogating foreign, pro-Taliban prisoners who staged an uprising in Mazar-e-Sharif, in northern Afghanistan.
		Spann, 32, who lived in Virginia, was survived by his wife, Shannon, and two daughters and a son — Alison, 9, Emily, 4, and six-month-old Jake.
	www.usatoday.com /news/sept11/2001/12/02/spann.htm (277 words)

	USATODAY.com - Lindh pleads innocent; Spanns think otherwise (Site not responding. Last check: )
		"Mike (Spann) was a hero, not because of the way he died but because of the way he lived," his mother, Gail, said outside the courthouse, where she held hands with the victims' services coordinator for the U.S. attorney's office here.
		The appearance of employees of the prosecutor's office with the Spanns emphasized that the Justice Department would fight accusations by Lindh's attorneys that he was treated harshly after his capture, and that he was denied a lawyer when questioned by FBI agents in December.
		Shannon Spann, the late CIA officer's widow, said Lindh should have been charged with treason and should be facing the death penalty.
	www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2002/02/13/taliban.htm (633 words)

	CNN.com - CIA officer first U.S. combat death in Afghanistan - November 29, 2001
		Mike was a loyal and patriotic American and he loved his country very much," said Johnny Spann, the father of Johnny Micheal "Mike" Spann.
		The CIA Wednesday said Spann, 32, an officer in its covert operations section and father of three young children, was killed at a fortress compound near the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif where Taliban prisoners had staged a bloody uprising.
		Spann's father blasted the news media for reporting his son's death before it had been confirmed by the government, saying that if his son were still alive at the time, such reports put his life in jeopardy.
	archives.cnn.com /2001/US/11/28/ret.cia.death.afghanistan (597 words)

	CNN.com - Slain CIA officer's father discounts Lindh's claims - Sep 29, 2004
		The elder Spann was reacting to Lindh's request Tuesday for a reduction in his 20-year prison sentence for aiding the Taliban.
		Spann said he does think the cases of Lindh and Hamdi are similar, but he said there is one important difference: Hamdi was not questioned by his son.
		The CIA officer was killed in that uprising at Mazar-e Sharif, but Lindh's lawyers say their client had nothing to do with Spann's death.
	www.cnn.com /2004/LAW/09/29/spann.lindh (629 words)

	CNN.com - Spann's father: Pride, sorrow, anger - November 29, 2001
		SPANN: First of all I want to say, on behalf of all of my family, my entire family, that we appreciate all of the expressions of sympathy that we have received from everyone around the country.
		SPANN: It's always difficult not to be able to brag about your son when you are real proud of him and you know he's doing things that everybody else should know about and should be proud of him, too.
		But, you know, had he not been dead, and everybody getting on the news media and in the papers and saying Mike Spann was a CIA operative, and if those folks over there had been able to receive those transmissions, I feel like they would have shot him if they hadn't already shot him.
	edition.cnn.com /2001/US/11/28/ret.spann.father/index.html (1771 words)

	Mike Spann (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Spann - “You got to talk to me. All I want to do is talk to you and find out what your story is. I know you speak English.” [Newsweek, 12/6/2001] Dave then walks up and speaks with Spann.
		Spann - “I wonder what this guy’s got?” [Newsweek, 12/6/2001] Walker is then taken back to the group of prisoners by an Afghan guard.
		According to an early account, Mike Spann immediately shoots the prisoner and three others dead with his pistol before the nearby Taliban prisoners join the sckirmish and “beat, kick, and bite” Spann agent to death.
	www.cooperativeresearch.net /entity.jsp?id=1521846767-190 (1086 words)

	Driven by a Son's Sacrifice
		In that time, his father, Johnny Spann, a small-town real estate agent unversed in the ways of Washington and foreign intrigue, has undertaken an international odyssey to learn how his son died, to quell rumors and maybe to hold someone responsible for the death.
		Mike Spann, a member of the CIA's paramilitary Special Activities Division, was among those dispatched to Afghanistan in the weeks following the Sept. 11 attacks to track down Osama bin Laden.
		Mike's father wants to preserve that image, even to the point where CIA and other government officials have cautioned him about becoming obsessed with how Mike met his end.
	www.commondreams.org /headlines05/0407-13.htm (2196 words)

	Johnny Micheal Spann - TheBestLinks.com - Mike Spann, Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Artillery, ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Mike Spann, Johnny Micheal Spann, Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Artillery, Central...
		Johnny Micheal Spann (March 1, 1969 - November 25, 2001) was the first American killed in combat after the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan.
		Spann was originally from Winfield, Alabama, and graduated from Auburn University.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Mike_Spann.html (356 words)

	Inspirational People
		Those words are not what the world might expect to hear from the young widow of Mike Spann, the first American killed by the enemy during the war on terrorism in Afghanistan.
		Mike, who formerly served with the U.S. Marine Corps, was part of an elite paramilitary team preparing the way for the U.S. military campaign.
		The hour that she prayed was approximately the hour that Mike was killed during a terrible prison revolt that erupted as he was questioning the captured and surrendered Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters.
	www.embracehisgrace.com /Inspirational.htm (1910 words)

	Mike Spann's Widow in Dire Financial Straits (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The widow of CIA hero-agent Johnny "Mike" Spann, who was killed during an al Qaeda prison uprising in Afghanistan last November that included American Taliban "Jihad" Johnny Walker Lindh, revealed Monday that she is facing financial trouble.
		Spann said it would have been difficult for her to sit through a trial where Lindh maintained that he did not participate in activities that betrayed his country.
		Spann left the phone, Hannity told his audience that he would establish a fund to help the Spann family get back on their feet, with details to be announced on Wednesday.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/716944/posts (2849 words)

	New documents on the death of Mike Spann
		Spann's death and Lindh's capture unfolded as a national drama in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks on the U.S., with Spann hailed as a hero and Lindh vilified as a traitor.
		Their accounts describe Spann as wearing bluejeans, an AK-47 rifle slung over his back and a pistol on his hip, trying to interview Taliban captives — including Lindh — when he was attacked by a prisoner and shot him.
		Although our superpatriots saw fit to make Spann into a martyr, at a very minimum the judgment of he and his fellow agent in their actions that day is highly questionable.
	journals.aol.com /bmiller224/OldHickorysWeblog/entries/2004/12/08/new-documents-on-the-death-of-mike-spann/2278 (1072 words)

	Father seeks truth in son’s death
		ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) - Johnny Spann stood in gently falling snow and wistfully recalled the day his son, CIA Officer Mike Spann, lingered among the tombstones at Arlington National Cemetery, studying each inscription and testing his sister Tanya’s patience.
		Spann, a 56-year-old real estate company owner from Winfield, Ala., visited Mike Spann’s grave last month for the third time in as many days.
		Spann "was jumped by an Arab or Pakistani male, but’ Spann ‘shot the prisoner.
	www.columbiatribune.com /2005/Mar/20050313News029.asp (1002 words)

	DefenseLINK News: NFL Endows Scholarships for Spann, Winters Hometown High Schools (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Spann died Nov. 25, 2001, during a four-day Taliban prison uprising near Mazar-e Sharif.
		Spann graduated from Winfield High School in Winfield, Ala., and was a running back and wide receiver on the school football team.
		Representing Spann at the ceremonial announcement was his football coach from Winfield High School, Joe Hubbert.
	www.dod.mil /news/Feb2002/n02112002_200202115.html (279 words)

	‘He’s Got To Decide if He Wants to Live or Die Here’ - NW-1201WTCEXC - MSNBC.com
		Spann: You got to talk to me. All I want to do is talk to you and find out what your story is. I know you speak English.
		Spann stands with his hands on his hips, and Dave kicks up some dust with his boot.
		Spann was killed in the early stages of the uprising, and Dave reportedly was extracted from the compound by U.S. and British special forces.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/3067386 (829 words)

	SONG TRIBUTE TO MIKE SPANN: Wind Beneath My Wings
		May we live our daily lives in a way to be worthy of calling ourselves Americans and living in a nation where Mike Spann had lived.
		CIA officer Mike Spann, 32, was killed during the prison uprising by hundreds of captured Taliban and al Qaeda fighters in a fortress near Mazar-i-Sharif.
		Mike Spann - thought to have been interrogating prisoners when the uprising began - joined the CIA in 1999 after eight years in the US marines.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/fr/580647/posts (542 words)

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