Hamoodi, who was interviewed by the New York Times nine months after the interrogation, said that he was never involved in any assassination plot and that the information he gave was induced by fear of death.

Hamoodi was detained for 45 days, then released without having been charged. West told the Times,"It's possible that I was wrong about Mr. Hamoodi."

West informed his superior, a colonel, that he had fired his weapon to intimidate a detainee. But according to the Times,the case didn't spark an investigation until a sergeant with another battalion mentioned the interrogation in a letter of complaint about West's heavy-handed leadership style.

The investigation found probable cause that West violated two statutes of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, which forbade threatening a prisoner and assaulting him. The army initially moved forward with a criminal prosecution of West, until a hearing officer dismissed the case, fining West $5,000. He resigned in spring 2004 with full benefits from his 22-year career and settled in Plantation.
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