Khaled el-Masri said he left his wife and children for a weeklong vacation and returned to them after five months of captivity. German's Claim of Kidnapping Brings Investigation of U.S. Link By DON VAN NATTA Jr. and SOUAD MEKHENNET Published: January 9, 2005 MUNICH - On the afternoon of Dec. 31, 2003, Khaled el-Masri was traveling on a tourist bus headed for the Macedonian capital, Skopje, where he was hoping to escape the "holiday pressures" of home life during a weeklong vacation. When the bus reached the Serbia-Macedonia border, Mr. Masri said, he was asked the usual questions: Where are...