I learned of the Van der Sloot questioning in email right before I left for NYC - in the information I received the words "as a witness" were conveyed. Interetsing - I suppose I have to do some catching up with the news and mail.
The Fox thing went by in all of about 30 seconds, though in the run up I found everyone to be extremely gracious and professional. It was interesting having a long conversation with Gil in the green room - we're going to be touching base on some things and talked at length about the substance of the case. He really was quite serious about talking soon and I'm sure we will. Good guy with a genuine concern for people who've gone missing.
It was a wonderful opportunity but certainly not worth a young girl's life. The frustrating part was sitting in the green room realizing how difficult it is to explore an issue in four minutes, or so. I'd have preferred to talk about something other than the Van der Sloot's website - but then, it wasn't my show. Putting on good TV must have incredible challenges I can't even begin to imagine. But it's good to be back in a forum where things can be addressed with more detail.
As I got up to leave Jamie said something about looking forward to reading the site. My style tends to be a bit tongue in cheek, so when I said, "Oh, you'll want to read it tomorrow, trust me." I think she actually thought I meant I was going to give them a hard time as she said, "Now come on...," in a joking tone. So, I assured her I meant for what I hope will be some interesting content, which I promise I will finish tonight for a read tomorrow.
Barring new developments, I'm going to dig into the mailbag and try to continue the discussion around this troubling case. Many thanks to any who've induged this, or tuned in to the show. Without faulting anyone in large media, I don't think they realize what is actually going on here. And I don't mean because of me, but the information that keeps being discussed and sent in by the readers.
Oh, best part of the whole deal - the limo driver became a reader before we got back home. How you can drive through NYC traffic and scroll a website on your laptop is wayyyyy beyond me. But he did it. We had a blast - "XXX the Jew and arch conservative". I'm not using his name, and trust me he won't mind the appelation, because he obviously can't mix politics with his work. But we had a great discussion all the way in and back.
Nice people all around tonight - now back to work. Thanks for reading. I'll try to get to any questions I can but realize I can't get down to see most comments - not enough hours in the day. I hope you continue to enjoy the lively debate I see going on.



