Detained: US sailors (pictured) were detained by Iran on Friday after entering Iranian waters due to what the US called a 'navigational problem.' They were freed the next day after intervention by US
Daily Mail: John McCain threatens to subpoena U.S. sailors held by Iran if Obama administration doesn't hand over investigation findings by end of month
* Republican senator John McCain made the announcement on Sunday
* McCain says the administration is 'dragging their feet' with the report
* The sailors were detained briefly by Iran on January 12 and freed the next day after US secretary of state John Kerry intervened
US Republican Senator John McCain said on Sunday he would subpoena 10 US sailors to testify about their brief detention by Iran if the Obama administration does not provide the findings of an investigation into the incident by March 1.
'It's an option that I do not want to exercise,' McCain, who chairs the Senate Armed Services Committee, told reporters as he was returning to the United States from an international security conference in Germany.
The sailors were detained by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps after their two patrol boats strayed into Iranian waters on January 12. US officials later blamed a navigational problem.
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Update: John McCain may subpoena US sailors detained by Iran -- Reuters
WNU Editor: I am surprised that the Pentagon's report has not been released yet. If these sailors were in Iranian waters accidentally there should be no problem in saying so (which is the public position of the U.S. government) .... but .... hmmmm .... on the off-chance that these sailors were not in Iranian waters .... I can then understand why the Pentagon and the administration are now reluctant to release anything until they are 100% sure.
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Or if they were there for some subversive activity.
All the various stories have been implausible, but they weren't delivered by the sailors.
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