I'm not surprised he was cleared. "I saw nothing. I heard nothing." would be the most common, and smartest response to the investigators.
To me the dumbest thing of the whole story was letting a reporter from Rollingstone hang around, especially during jet lagged boozy conversations. They must have assumed he was your basic reporter who would never do anything to ruin his access. For a guy who worked with intelligence it was a really bad idea to not check the background of the guy who will be following you around for a week.
Steve
