and what she told me is paul thompson received an e-mail on a monday from somebody connected to laura silsby s church. he had never met laura silsby but jumped at the chance to go to haiti and started recruiting a couple others. he recruited four other men on this trip. his son, his cousin, his brot r brother-in-law and a close family friend. they knew that laura silsby was going to convert that hotel into an orphanage. they thought they could help because you see they re good at doing things. as far as the logistics are concerned, according to his wife they had absolutely no knowledge of it. listen to rene thompson. was there any discussion about what needed to take place in order to transport children to the dominican republic? you know, my husband was not he was not in charge of any of the legal or official documents on the trip. yeah. and so, i mean, in his mind
that has no baring on the haitian government. they need haitian paperwork first then the dominican paperwork. joining us in idaho is dan simon. this is an entirely new perspective to this case. there are ten americans, part of this group. five men and five women. of the five men one of those arrested americans, paul thompson, actually brought the others involved. i had a conversation with his wife today. she lives in twin falls, idaho, and what she told me is paul thompson received an e-mail on a monday from somebody connected to laura silsby s church. he had never met laura silsby but jumped at the chance to go to haiti and started recruiting a couple others. he recruited four other men on this trip. his son, his cousin, his brother-in-law and a close family friend. they were not aware of the details of what was going to happen on this trip. they knew that laura silsby was going to convert that hotel into an orphanage. they thought they could help
that still has no bearing on the haitian government. exactly. that s not enough. they need haitian paperwork first then the dominican paperwork. joining us in idaho is dan simon. he s covering that aspect of the story. dan, what have you learned? reporter: anderson, this is an entirely new spur spective to this case. there are ten americans, part of this group. five men and five women. of the five men one of those arrested americans, paul thompson, actually brought the others involved. i had a conversation with his wife today. she lives in twin falls, idaho, and what she told me is paul thompson received an e-mail on a monday from somebody connected to laura silsby s church. he had never met laura silsby but he jumped at the chance to go to haiti and he started recruiting a couple others. he recruited four other men on this trip. his son, his cousin, his brother-in-law and a close family friend. they were not aware of the details of what was going to happen on this trip other tha