Former President Bill Clinton has arrived in North Korea to negotiate the release of American reporters Euna Lee and Laura Ling, who were imprisoned by the North Korean dictatorship, which accused them of illegally crossing the border. While political leaders of both the Democratic and Republican parties have railed against this injustice, they have been largely silent on the holding of foreign journalists accused by the American military of being terrorists or having ties to terrorist organizations. Since 2001, the U.S. has jailed 13 foreign reporters in Afghanistan and Iraq for periods ranging from a few weeks to several years, including detainment at Guantánamo Bay, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. In each case American officials have not charged or tried the journalists for any crime.