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

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.

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 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.

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