You didn't answer my question. Why would you expect this guy to sign some agreement regarding his right to tell his story in order to be compensated for being wrongly held?
I think my sentiments are similar to many others who've posted on this trhead. He's in a war zone...he takes his chances. He won't be the first film-maker/journalist held unreasonably, and won't be the last.
I'm not buying into the fact that he is clean. There have been too many instances of media collaborating with the hajis to stage 'events'.
If I'm going to be in a default mode, I'm going to go with our military every time.
The fellow in question should consider a less hazardous and time-consuming line of work.
How does anyone know (yeah, I read eslewhere about your research on this topic) if this wasn't a 'media event' that went wrong?
And speaking of Michael Yon, I'll bet he wouldn't have found himself in this kind of predicament in the first place.