frantic to hear from him or at least get word from the government about his condition. ivan watson now on their ordeal in a cnn exclusive report. at least let someone talk to him. let someone see him. i don t know. i want to see my son. i have no idea where he is. reporter: an anguished mother s message to the president of syria. the last time maha saw her son mohammed is when he suddenly appeared on syrian state television last saturday. in what appears to be a televised interrogation, the 32-year-old egyptian-american confesses, he exchanged e-mails with a colombian journalists who asked him to take pictures in syria, and said he d pay around $17 per photo. the report on state tv calls radwan a foreignerfide destabilize syria. the syrian government did not charge him with anything yet,