”No ransom! Except when Moslems or to our children, the "rebels"."
Posted on 09/13/2014 2:41:03 PM PDT by Libloather
The families of two journalists beheaded by Islamic State jihadists were both warned by US government officials they could face prosecution if they raised a ransom for their release.
The recent executions of James Foley and Steven Sotloff by Islamic State (IS) extremists triggered worldwide revulsion and Washington has since declared it is at war with the radicals.
The United States has a policy of never paying ransoms, contending that doing so would endanger Americans all over the world.
Late Friday, a spokesman for Sotloff's family said the murdered journalist's parents were told by a White House counterterrorism official last May that they could face prosecution if they paid a ransom in an attempt to secure the release of their son.
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Does anyone doubt for a second that this article would include a reference to the illegal Bergdahl prisoner swap to contrast to the administration’s policy statement were this president not a democrat.
Breaking news via twitter is that there is a new beheading video. This time a British journalist.
Hypocrites.
I happen to know that the 0bama administration and some of their domestic allies (NYT, for example) Have paid huge ransoms to the muzzies for friends and employees of theirs.
It is a good policy not to pay ransom. The ransom monies are used to finance more terrorist activity. And it appears with Bergdahl that Obama wanted to strike a blow against gitmo captivity, plus give another middle finger to our U.S. troops than concern for anyone’s welfare.
Do you have the names of the individuals who were ransomed?
ISIS beheaded David Haines..he had to read a statement blaming David Cameron for his death, very sad..meanwhile Obama is sucking his thumb somewhere
Qutar, ISIS on line one, they're looking for another couple million not to kill someone else...
Can they be prosecuted (this is the first I have heard of it)? Laws are supposed to apply to everyone — including the “New York Times.”
Pay the money and track where it goes. Obliterate every within 20 miles...I’m not a terrorism expert but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night...
If they were willing able to do so they should have done so...or attempted to do so.And then they could have dared our Attorney Corporal to prosecute.
family: our son has been kidnapped and they want a ransom
0failure: don’t pay it
family: they say they’ll behead him if we don’t.
0failure: if you do, we’ll put you all in jail.
family: does that mean you’ll rescue our boy?
0failure: oh no. we won’t do anything.
family: what?! nothing?! why not?
0failure: well, i can’t have it interfere with my golf game
Does anybody contend this is NOT true?
I’ve seen a number of articles making this claim, but have yet to see a report on what any legal charges would have been. IOW, what law could they be charged with breaking?
Does anybody know?
”No ransom! Except when Moslems or to our children, the "rebels"."
But Ubama can trade terrorist leaders for US deserters, no problemo.
President Thomas Jefferson understood that when he remarked, with respect to the Barbary pirates, "Millions for defense but not one cent for tribute."
Oh for damn sake, just shut your Fnd mouth Washington. America is ruled by weak coward arses and we already lost the war with ISIS. King Obama and his communists democrats are cowards and fools. The entire democratic party is corrupt crap. And when you add half of the Republicans, what a mess.
Two of them, but I’m sworn to secrecy.
The media and the administration told everyone they ‘escaped’... But their captors were paid tens of millions of dollars to leave the door open and look away while they walked out.
When's the fundraiser at Gwyneth Paltrow's? $34,900 per "head".
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