Topic: Prisoner Release

CNN's Clarissa Ward was filmed participating in the release of a civilian prisoner in Syria who had reportedly been held for three months. The segment, which featured a guard shooting a lock off a cell door, has been criticized by some as a staged "spy game" for television. Ward is seen comforting the man, who claimed to be from the city of Homs, as he was freed during the chaotic transition of power following the collapse of the Assad regime.