Oh, you think!?

"Efforts by journalists to find the truth in this international game of who has kidnapped whom, when and for how much, are easily sidelined."

So sometimes information on the ground in a terrorist-infested area is "unrealiable"? Why doesn't someone tell the media that?

The author seems so surprised that someone involved with terrorists might be less-than-trustworthy.

"Most sources are helpful and want to funnel inside information my way. Parties trying to influence the negotiations through the news media have outright lied to me."

Give me a break. The silence of the cries of "Terrorists Lie, People Die" by the media and the Left is deafening.