Nope, you didn't misread anything..My wife and I were just discussing this. Nick had no clue this was coming, none.
See Travis' post above, theory, yes, but seems to me like travis hit on one thing, Nick served a higher purpouse.
Also, if you reference some of the earlier threads about this video, a number of posters commented on how this guy had no clue this was coming. He does seem awfully relaxed. Unlike the level headed guy who escaped terrorists recently. His video clearly showed concern; yet level headed thought.
unix: "this guy had no clue this was coming."
I haven't seen (and don't want to see) the whole video, but in the parts Fox showed, Berg didn't seem scared. Perhaps he was a naive dupe, but that doesn't explain why he was in Iraq in the first place or how he wound up in the terrorists' hands. I can see going to Iraq if he was under contract by the US military to install communications equipment, but it appears he was there to drum up business. For example, why didn't he just leave as soon as he was released? Then you have this story that the terrorists were using Bergs email. Is this true? If so, what's the odds of anyone accidentally meeting an Al-Queda terrorist, especially an Al-Queda leader, in any circumstance? It's unbelievable!
Geez, maybe this is some horrible, morbid, real life version of the opera "Tosca." You know, the hero thinks his enemies are really his friends, thinks the firing squad will fake it but surprise! they don't.