It's been the worst of times for American Taliban Johnny Walker -- but it's about to become the best of times, if his new defense lawyer, Johnnie Cochran of O.J. Simpson fame, has anything to say about it.
And he does.
"The tape of Walker confessing was faked by the CIA," Cochran told reporters, giving a preview of the defense he is preparing for Walker. "If the tape's a fake, throw it in the lake."
