2009/6/29 WJhonson@aol.com
Can someone explain how reporting that he was kidnapped would endanger his life? At least how would it endanger it any further than the kidnapping in the first place?
Will
It would raise the price of his release. It would encourage deeper digging
into his background, which could make him appear to be more of an "infidel" and thus less worthy of basic human dignity, potentially subjected to greater physical and mental privations. (Kidnappees who are considered to be aligned with other nemeses are treated more harshly.) It would increase the danger to those who were kidnapped with him, if they were perceived to have been working for an infidel, and he and his fellow kidnappees would be more likely to be executed as "examples" to others.
Risker