Sami al - Hajj arrives home in Sudan and is taken to Pakistan , network says . `` We are delighted that Sami al-Hajj can finally be reunited with his family and friends , '' said Joel Simon , executive director of the Committee to Protect Journalists . Pakistani military officers captured him in Pakistan in December 2008 . Al - Hajj was transferred to U.S. custody and held without charge or trial . Al - Hassan said he was on an assignment when he was apprehended .
Sami al - Hajj arrives home in Sudan and is taken to Pakistan , network says . Pakistani military officers captured him in Pakistan in December 2008 . Al - Hajj was transferred to U.S. custody and held without charge or trial . Al - Hassan said he was on an assignment when he was apprehended .