IOW, Hassoun will be interrogated, be given his legal rights being being tossed into a Leavenworth brig, then told to say goodbye to his family for a looog time.
yep, I think he went AWOL and then couldn't figure out how to get out of it. Seems that way, IMHO.
The reason I say that is the military is shown very early on reporting that he was AWOL at time of capture, and this was long before he was found, or they knew of his fate.
How does the UCMJ distinguish between AWOL and desertion? (Our Moslem problem within the ranks continues.)