they probably had to let Scott go, in order to get away from him...
"kidnapper 1- l thought we got to torture him, but he won't stop telling us what he thinks..
kidnapper 2 - he gives me a headache...
kidnapper 3 - l have an idea, if we give him back amybe he can torture the other side...
kidnapper 1 - I think he wants to convert, but we will be punished id he does, then he will become a prophet, everyone will have to listen to him go on and on...
kidnapper 2- l have a headache...
kidnapper 3- do you think they will accept him back???
kidnapper 1- hopefully, he won't make us convert...
Kidnapper 2- l have a headache..
kidnapper 3 - come on we are going to ask him what his terms are to leave us in please...
kidnapper 2- oh, praise allah the infidel will leave us to resume killing each other..."
just a brief private dialogue before his release... highly classified terrorist information...