The ethical thing to do ... would have been to stop filming at that point. But he (the CNN reporter) didn't.

In simple terms, this is the story of a decent and honorable young man who became involved in a spiritual quest and became the focus of the grief and anger of an entire nation over an event in which he had no part.

He was treated in a way that was shameful to our country.

I think we all have to realize that the odds are against it. It is difficult to envision a situation where all those hotheads in Washington can turn around and recognize the kid got a raw deal and should be released.

In simple terms, this is the story of a decent and honorable young man embarked on a spiritual quest.

The silver lining in this whole cloud is that we have wonderful visits with our son. Ordinarily a son who is 25 doesn't have much time to spend with his father. But we have a lot of time.