they fired a round in the air. they used threatening and menacing gestures to beckon the hikers over into iran. and when they hesitated, that s when they crossed the border and picked up the americans. now the nation s five-month investigation reports that a revolutionary guard officer, a roig offic rogue officer, is said to be running a gang. he has since been arrested on kidnapping, murder, and rape charges. i know you talked to the hikers mothers about this. oh, sure. were they heartened by this information? they said they were fascinated by it because when they met with their children just last month, they were never alone with them. they could never speak with them without being monitored. and so they never got the story firsthand about what really happened. so now finally they re piecing things together. it really resonates with what i was feeling. i just didn t feel like something was right. again, hearing the story kind of terrifies me.
something was right. you know. again, hearing the story kind of terrifies me. this is fresh news to us. to hear some of this stuff, you know, we have to focus and assimilate this. it is shock iing. so naturally, it is the hope of the parents that the iranian government will look at this new information and at the very least and at least spur discussion, get them to get this case moving. of course, they haven t had a trial yet and that s what the families are saying, look, do something. bring them to trial and we think that it is information that s good enough to have them released. if you say they crossed the border you have to prove them. susan candiotti, thanks. the american that had the most wanted man on his to-do list is back in the u.s. and talking. pakistan sent gary faulkner home and didn t charge him. police there found him near the afghan border packing a pistol sword and night vision
them firsthand. now they re piecing things together. it really resonates with what i was feeling. i just didn t feel like something was right. you know, again, hearing the story kind of terrifies me. this is fresh news to us. and to hear some of this stuff, you know, we have to focus and assimilate this. but it s shocking. you know, it s shocking that it hasn t come out in the public. that it happened to these kids, and that this is the reason they re being held. it s certainly a window for them to say this was a mistake on many levels and we re going to release the three americans. now shane bower, one of the hikers, that s written for the nation magazine from iraq about iraq. it s their hope, the nation magazine s hope, that their story will put pressure on iran to get the case moving. and, of course, certainly that s what the moms want in this case. and we re now going start to get