"Todd was arguing with his interrogators. Zeitoun could hear occasional bursts as the questioning at the Amtrak dest continued. Todd was hotheaded on a normal day, so it didn't suprise Zeitoun that he was agitated during the processing.
'Are we going to get a phone call?' Todd asked.
'No,' the officer said.
'You have to give us a phone call.'
There was no answer.
Todd raised his voice, rolled his eyes, The soldiers around him stood closer, barking admonitions and threats back at him.
'Why are we here?' he asked a passing soldier.
'You guys are al Qaeda,' the soldier said.
Todd laughed derisively, but Zeitoun was startled. He could not have heard right" (212).
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