Quotes from USA Today reporter Tim Friend

There is a lot of competition, so I would not discuss things with other journalists.

I think they should have shot John Walker as soon as they got information out of him. I think he's a traitor.

Americans who have traveled abroad have traditionally been rather arrogant. In this part of the world (Central Asia) our foreign policy has stunk.

I was uninjured in an attack by the Taliban. I was lucky. Two guys on either side of me were injured. The Taliban tortured and murdered 3 journalists. I hired guys with machine guns to protect me. When I go back I will buy my own militia to protect me.

The Northern Alliance are very dangerous people. I was robbed at gun-point by them.

The U.S. is paying the warlords to recognize Hamid Karzai's authority as the new leader of Afghanistan. I'm hoping to interview the warlords when I go back because they are the ones that will determine whether this country will survive.

There is a reason the military does not want journalists around. They are stupid and they get in the way.