"It disturbs me that, at a time when we are told that we must abandon our right to be left alone as American citizens in the name of "public safety"* and patriotism, at a time when countless foreign nationals have been rounded up and held incommunicado, sometimes for months, so they could be thoroughly interviewed, a whole group of people who may have had Osama's cell phone number on speed dial were let go within a week of mass murder because the Saudis have a cozy relationship with the White House."

We would expect [and rightly] special treatment for Americans if they were in Saudi Arabia- we would probably even want to send in our miltary in a similar situation.
[It disturbs me, that even Mary Anne is disturbed.]

Btw, just because these people go back to their country, doesn't mean that they can not be investigated- if there is actually a cause for an investigation.