IT MUST KILL THEM TO HAVE TO REPORT THIS RIGHT BEFORE THE ELECTION: American hostage Philip Walton rescued in dramatic military operation. “An American citizen abducted last week in Niger has been rescued during a high-risk U.S. military raid in neighboring Nigeria, officials told ABC News early Saturday. The mission was undertaken by elite commandos as part of a major effort to free the U.S. citizen, Philip Walton, 27, before his abductors could get far after taking him captive in Niger on Oct. 26, counterterrorism officials told ABC News.”