I know, and it is a lot more than we will ever know for sure, and the Government not talking or telling us the whole truth. He is no saint and a probably spy, but regardless, we didn't defect him out of the country, and still an American, good or bad. Was he selling American secrets or securing them for our use, or was he framed? It is amazing how he had been dishonorably discharged from the Marines and was still yet involved in a foreign place. I have yet to be anywhere and someone hands me a flash drive, lol. He looks soft and I am sure he sang like a canary of any military secrets he knew as a Marine. Maybe we don't want him back, sincerely. We have no idea of the extent of what he did, and not telling the people, or maybe even his family.
Don't get me wrong, I am glad BG is home, but we have a lot of other Americans locked away and never heard from or even know about in other countries. The only reason this made headlines is because she is an athlete and well-known.
Here updated on the 8th per Wiki is a list of Americans still being held and for what crimes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_people_imprisoned_abroad
What about Mark Fogul who is a teacher? Russia still has him 482 days for possession of Marijuana
Austin Tice in Syria who is a reporter held 3770 days
David Lin in China 5113 days and sentenced to life there
Many, many more never talked about and long forgotten.
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