He said, he wanted to cooperate with the US government only under the circumstances that he would testify against himself at his trial.

He offered to testify against himself for the government.

a lone male who doesn't have any direct connection to any foreign government.

It is not good enough that a measure of this magnitude is signed into law while the government department responsible adopts a policy of silence and allows panic and confusion to run rampant.

Under the circumstances, the government should agree to substantial damages.

If we had waited for the government to get us out of there, we would have died. It took the citizens there to get us help.