[diamond6]

Do you know for a fact that he knew were Uday's brothers in law were? I hate to break this to you, but there is no legal obligation to warn somebody that someone has threatened their life. However, there may be a moral obligation, and it appears he did what he could by warning King Hussein. He probably did not have the ability to warn the brothers in law privately, and therefore, would have risked the life of the interpreter as he stated.

[TrexDogs]

First, this puts the war slut's self-righteous whining about the hotel reporters in quite the light. That was bad enough before this story broke but now it's just unfreakingbelievable, even for her. Geeeeezzzz. But that said....

Excuse me for offering a dissenting view, but just what would you have done that would have saved the employees from being tortured or killed?

I agree with you. Easy to monday-morning quarterback when real lives aren't on the line. I sure wouldn't have broadcast this story earlier, though of course every decent human being would have informed the US govt. But I'd imagine they did just that.

there may be a moral obligation, and it appears he did what he could by warning King Hussein.

If they didn't get word to the CIA then I'll eat my hat! But what are they supposed to do now ... publicly confirm it for the sake of "news"? It's a no-win situation; imagine broadcasting 'yeah, we went to CIA straight away', and then expecting the safety of employees (most of whom are locals) still operating in other dictatorships?

For now, I just hope this report resonates with the left when watching news from other arab dictatorships. Ah hell, that's probably too much to ask, but I'm still glad he's telling his story now. Let's put the bulk of the blame where it belongs here -- on Saddam and his gang of murderers.

[Ben Bolt]

I'm going to remember this post from you . It speaks volumes & none of it good . Perhaps after I read the next 700 replies you will have learned a few things .