A number of bloggers did jump on her pretty badly. Others withheld judgment. There have been several apologies on the web today. On the other hand, leftist sites were also quick to seize on her taped statement as the "truth" about the war.

I think she had the bad luck to follow those other released hostages, which were considerably further over on the apologist scale, and got some of the backlash.

The term "Stockholm Syndrome" has been used. In point of fact, her definite retraction once safe on U.S. soil (I was unaware she was still afraid of reprisals even while on supposedly safe ground in Iraq) rules out true Stockholm Syndrome. She made false statements under threat, as many prisoners do, which is not the same thing.