An Atlanta attorney who's quarantined with a dangerous strain of tuberculosis says in hindsight, flying across the Atlantic and back may not have been "the best decision."

But in his interview with ABC's "Good Morning America," Andrew Speaker continued to insist that he was told by doctors that he wasn't dangerous.

Speaker said his doctors and the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention all knew he had TB before he flew to Europe for his wedding and honeymoon last month. But said he was advised that he wasn't contagious or a danger to anyone.

He also said the decision to fly back across the ocean was made because he and his wife were "scared out of our minds" at the prospect of him being indefinitely placed in an Italian hospital and dying there.

Speaker could sue the federal government for being quarantined on the basis of federal regulations that some scholars see as unconstitutional. Or, Speaker could be sued by fellow airline passengers, especially if any caught the disease from him.

Meantime, an official with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says Speaker has the right to request an administrative hearing to appeal the quarantine order, but has not done so.

Officials said he was allowed back into the U-S by a border inspector who disregarded a computer warning to stop him.

The inspector, who's been removed from border duty, explained that Speaker seemed perfectly healthy, and that he thought the warning was merely "discretionary."

Speaker is now under quarantine at National Jewish Medical and Research Center in Denver.

He had returned last week from his wedding and honeymoon trip through Italy, the Greek isles and other spots in Europe.

His new father-in-law, Robert Cooksey, is a C-D-C microbiologist whose specialty is T-B and other bacteria.

Some South Carolina college students are accepting an apology from an Atlanta attorney who may have exposed them to a dangerous strain of tuberculosis.

But the students from the University of South Carolina Aiken said they're worried about the future, and already are being treated differently by others.

Jason Vik, 21, said employees were afraid of him when he arrived at CNN for an interview yesterday. Vik is among the Aiken students who were on a flight to Paris with the man.

Speaker says he just hopes others will forgive him.