Seems likely that some of the details are wrong, too. I think it would have been a 1st amendment issue, not 5th. Also, I doubt the government backed off because

Seems likely that some of the details are wrong, too. I think it would have been a 1st amendment issue, not 5th. Also, I doubt the government backed off because they were worried he would become a martyr. Seems more likely that they knew they would lose.