He was picked up in September and has been held without charges since. An Iraqi court ordered the U.S. to release the journalist as there is no evidence against him, but U.S. forces are refusing to do so. The U.S. military claims the right to hold people indefinitely and without charges. The U.S.-Iraqi security pact that will go into effect at the end of the year changes that, but how long Mohammed will have to wait for release after that is still up in the air.