This article was forwarded to me this morning. It is very well-written and I think that the journalist that wrote it is dead one. Of course it helps that she has exclusive pictures from Roxana's time in Iran and of her military brother to back the story up. Main stream media will not pick it up -- word in the journalism community is they were told not to by the powers that be. I think that it is a story that should be told, particularly if she really is trying to profit from her experience. There is a weird connection between Hilary Clinton, Saberi, and her literary agent as well. Long read, detailed, worth it.

Link: http://tinyurl.com/yfpnqjn

Exerpt:
When the media spoke about the family in this case, there were only references made to Saberi’s parents – Reza and Akiko. This is not by accident. An article posted on April 22, 2009, on ValleyFaith.net, a faith-based information site for the Red River Valley where Saberi grew up in Fargo, North Dakota reveals that Saberi’s parents, Reza and Akiko, asked the community for support for the Saberi family through means of donations and respectful letters written to editors of various news mediums. They also had one other request – do not mention Jasper Saberi in any communications – local, national, or international. Local media agreed, with comments mentioning Jasper Saberi immediately being deleted from conversation. It is now revealed, however, the request came with good reason. The year that Saberi took her much debated trip to Israel, her brother was serving in the US Military in Afghanistan.

In 1998, Jasper Saberi graduated with a B.S in Chemistry from North Dakota State University. That same semester, the Math and Science Department awarded him the American Institute of Chemists Foundation Outstanding Graduate in Chemistry Award. Roxana Saberi, along with her father Reza, attended the ceremony together. It was after graduation that he joined the military. According to military records, in August of 2007, Jasper Saberi was up for an officer promotion in Signals Intelligence Analysis; also known as MOS 98.

Among the rules and regulations of any individual placed within Signals Intelligence Analysis, the ability to obtain top security clearance is included. It is also required of personnel that there be no immediate family in countries that are known to use physical or mental coercion against those who hold interest of the United States or family members of those individuals. Roxana Saberi lived in Iran begin in 2003 until the end of her appeals in May of 2009, before and after the time of her brother’s promotion in the military. Some of the duties of those that work in Signals Intelligence Analysis are establishing communication methods, analysis of intercepted messages and the preparing of technical and tactical intelligence reports. Jasper Saberi is now an army stationed in Colorado.