American journalist @loffredojeremy was detained and interrogated by the Israeli military over the course of 15 days in October 2024. A trove of emails obtained via FOIA request reveal the Biden administration was well-aware of the situation, referring to Loffredo as being "taken hostage/kidnapped in Israel', yet did nothing to help. "Despite interest from the highest levels of the U.S. government, the emails contain no discussion of whether or not the charges against me were valid or bogus, the extreme conditions of my incarceration, or any talk of pressuring or using diplomatic leverage in order to expedite my release, even as dozens of Americans began calling the State Department to demand information and action." "According to the emails, the department received 73 calls about my situation over two days, 33 on October 10 and 40 on October 11." "Yet even as State Department employees described my detention as a kidnapping by the IDF, the internal correspondence focused solely on managing communications and limiting potential damage to the Biden administration’s public image." Read the full story, link in replies.