On Oct 12, 2011, at 10:59 AM, Jim Devine wrote:

> One thing notable is the older issue of the hikers who were (to my
> mind, unfairly) jailed in Iran for their (idiotic) crossing of the
> border into Iran. What's interesting is that even though the two
> recently-freed prisoners complained about their ill-treatment in
> Iranian jails, the US government and media let the issue drop

Actually, they also complained about U.S. policy towards Iran, but the only 
thing the media reported were their complaints about the jail. They're not 
politically pliant, so that may be why they let the issue drop.

Doug
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