[conserv13]

I wouldn't say that, but it does seem odd that he was not released right away, after found to have been doing nothing wrong.

[MineralMan]

"I wouldn't say that, but it does seem odd that he was not released right away, after found to have been doing nothing wrong."

I had a hard time figuring that out, too. I still don't understand it. I imagine, though, that we'll find out in the next few days.

[Alberta's Child]

This story gets more bizarre by the hour. In particular, the apparent combination of things like this: "independent contractor" goes to a war zone by himself with no contracts in hand . . . detained by U.S. and/or Iraqi forces several months ago . . . parents file lawsuit in U.S. Federal court to force his release . . . tells parents he'll be on his way home soon . . . turns out he may have been on similar "work assignments" in Africa over the last few years . . . etc.

Something about this stinks to high heaven.

[McGavin999]

He would have been safer if he had remained in IP custody.

[Hildy]

I wonder how many freelance contractors there are roaming around Baghdad. It seems like that's not the smartest thing to do. I think the government was appropriate in their response to him, but I still want to know why he was detained for so long. We don't really have the dates, do we? When did they offer the prisoner switch?