Drop Site contributor Ali Younes, a Jordanian-American journalist, was detained by Jordanian intelligence in August over a repost of an article questioning U.S. aid to Jordan. He was later charged with undermining national security, sedition, and hate crimes under Jordan's Cybercrime Law, and barred from leaving the country for a month.
Sen. Chris Van Hollen called the Jordanian government, after which Younes was allowed to leave the country, and Jordan told Van Hollen the charges had been dropped.
Younes, however, was never informed of this, and it turns out that claim contradicted what Jordan had told him.
Drop Site's Julian Andreone asked Van Hollen for any updates, and what he makes of Jordan contradicting its own account.
Andreone also asked about the Senate's failure to pass Van Hollen's resolution demanding accountability for Americans killed in the occupied West Bank.
The resolution failed 47-53. Sen. John Fetterman was the only Democrat to vote against it, while Sen. Rand Paul was the only Republican who crossed over to vote in favor.
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