[3] Newman studied at Yuba College for one year before transferring to the University of California, Berkeley, where he earned a bachelor's degree in zoology in 1950.

[13] On October 26, after boarding an Air Koryo airliner in Pyongyang on which he was scheduled to depart the country, Newman was removed by a single, uniformed official.

[16] Officials noted that the individual in question (generally accepted to be Newman) had not filed a privacy act waiver, which legally prevented them from providing specifics regarding the case to the press.

[17] On November 21, former New Mexico governor turned diplomat Bill Richardson confirmed to Reuters that he was "in touch with his North Korean contacts" regarding Newman.

"[20] Dan Sneider, a North Korea specialist at Stanford University, remarked that "it seems that Mr. Newman inadvertently walked into a historical minefield that he wasn't fully aware of.

[22] By December 1, the Swedish ambassador to North Korea, Karl-Olof Andersson, had visited Newman for the first time and found him to be in good health.

[23] A Reuters report published later that day confirmed Newman's membership in the Kuwol regiment of the United Nations Partisan Infantry Korea.

The Reuters article also revealed that Newman had twice visited South Korea, on both occasions wearing a commemorative ring that identified him as a former partisan.

[24] After returning to the United States, Newman declined interview requests from media but casually remarked he had been well taken care of and held in comfortable conditions during his detention.