"It feels as if I've barely had a chance to blink since walking out the front gate of the Federal Detention Center in Dublin on April 3, but the debates on what we should take away from my experience have already escalated into a full-on storm of differing voices. Much of the debate has focused on whether or not I am a journalist; this question is nothing more than a distraction and a red herring over the very real issues exposed by the marathon saga that only concluded when I was released from custody."
