Jimmy Carter actually said...

"That's encouraging to me, because there were three or four that we had not had confirmed as being well since last April."

"I've just seen the brief tape and we got a message this morning from the Algerians that they have seen all 52 hostages and that they all seemed to be well."

"It is now known where all 49 of them were, at least at the one time this week, and we believe that they were observed where they are staying."

"But what they need is freedom."