If I remember correctly, it was seen as a politically motivated prosecution.
@Sanguine Ok,thanks.
BTW,from what little I found out from reading the article,he has nobody to blame but himself for bragging about stuff he did while on a mission to people who have never been in that position or had that mindset themselves.
"Trying to impress the CIA" is one excuse I guess,but a pretty poor one because there are damn few of them that have ever heard a shot fired.