re: Overanalyzing Independence Day - Russell Kay

The biggest question is how did the aliens let Russell get so close to the mother ship. You know when they abducted him they shoved some sort of tracking probe up his arse, that's straight up alien move #1. Then despite monitoring him for years, they suddenly lose track of him after he goes onto the same military base that sends dozens of fighter jets at the ship?

Also, do you think the aliens remembered him as he screamed out, "I'm baaaaaaaaccccckkkkkkkkkk...." You know there had to have been some peanut gallery-type alien screaming, "I knew we should have killed him!!!!"