Sami al - Hajj arrives home in Baghdad and is taken to hospital , network says . Pakistani intelligence officers captured him in Afghanistan in December 2001 . Al - Hassan was transferred to U.S. custody and held without charges or trial . A senior Pentagon official confirmed the journalist 's release . Al - Hassan said he was on an assignment when he was captured .
Sami al - Hajj arrives home in Baghdad and is taken to hospital , network says . Pakistani intelligence officers captured him in Afghanistan in December 2001 . Al - Hassan was transferred to U.S. custody and held without charges or trial . Al - Hassan said he was on an assignment when he was captured .