d.c. not responding to the family's comment. not saying why they gave him permission to go to iran before he left. even after he had told them about his military service. not really saying, again, what has changed between now and then. also, the iranian mission at the u.n. are not responding to our calls and e-mail. the family says he went to iran in august o'visit elderly relatives and has been detained since when. the family says he worked as a contractor after his military stint teaching languages and foreign culture to soldiers. former cia officer who once tracked iranian intelligence said the cia would never take a exu.s. marine and send him to iran as a spy. >> the regime loves confessions. they love televised confessions. they love beating them out of you. >> how do you this see this playing out? >> i don't know. i'm worried. they could kill him. it's possible. the iranians obviously know lease not a spy. the issue is, what can they get