Posted on 04/26/2015 6:27:24 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Families of American hostages who communicate with foreign kidnappers or raise money and pay ransoms will no longer have to fear prosecution for aiding terrorist groups, a White House-ordered advisory group on U.S. hostage policy is expected to recommend, senior officials told ABC News last week.
"There will be absolutely zero chance of any family member of an American held hostage overseas ever facing jail themselves, or even the threat of prosecution, for trying to free their loved ones," said one of three senior officials familiar with the hostage policy team's ongoing review.
The study undertaken by the National Counterterrorism Center on orders from the Obama White House has involved interviewing many of those with tragic experience such as the parents of journalist James Foley, who were among several families alleging they were repeatedly threatened by administration officials with prosecution last summer for moving to raise millions in ransom demanded by ISIS and other groups in Syria.
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This is a good way to get bogus hostage situations as well as real ones... wink wink wink (not me, them)
reward hostage-takers...
that will result in more hostage-taking of course
If you want more of something, subsidize it.
ISIS tips its hat towards the whitehut.
Seems to me this is a green flag for a game for willing donors too. Stage a “kidnapping” and then give the money.
This could be weird though... if too many Christian families try this, then they will EO another change through. Can’t be having those rascally Christians benefit by a gummit policy, ya know.
Ever since the commie ‘RAT politicians “evolved” into sexual deviant admirers, it’s like they’ve all received a frontal lobotomy. How ‘bout a refresher for the turds on Capitol Hill? If you negotiate with terrorists and agree to pay ransoms, YOU ONLY ENCOURAGE MORE HOSTAGE TAKING YOU ***holes!!
What’s next? People going into the danger zone with hostage ransom insurance?
Finally, a way for the left to directly fund activities they support! Now they can hand millions to ISIS and others without having to account for their actions.
Thinking about the movie Captain PHillips, I remember the lead character says that the US would rather sink the boat they were in than let it land - pointing to the way that countries have long known there must be no reward for piracy or hostage taking - none. Potential captors should see death and destruction - not a payoff - when contemplating a heist.
They are free to bake them cakes, too.
They just can’t NOT bake them a cake.
Headline is wrong. They are not encouraging, they are allowing people to pay ransom.
Paying ransom to kidnappers is nothing new.
“What’s next? People going into the danger zone with hostage ransom insurance?”
That “insurance” has been available for 50 years.
American oil companies have long promised to pay ransom when their employees are kidnapped.
Paying ransom to kidnappers just funds more kidnappings.
Taking hostages for ransom is what muslims do, it’s in their book, part of their religion.
We don’t want to restrict their freedom of religion, now, do we?/s
Perhaps, but ransoms have been paid by both the US government and corporations.
Officials to Urge Creation of a New Method of Financing Jihad.
That will result in local mohos rushing over to the ME to be taken as “hostages” so that their families can raise huge sums to send to the jihadis to pay for arms and more Korans.
Geez. The news just keeps getting better and better, doesn’t it?
Prediction: If permitted, wealthy elites connected to the government will find ways to syphon taxpayer money into ransom payments to terrorist groups. Meanwhile, the government will scale back its efforts to rescue hostages and combat terrorists and instead encourage families with kidnapped loved ones that don’t have the scratch to raise funds via social media—and keep track of every penny raised and turn over records to the IRS.
This will endanger the life of every single American abroad. Of course obama approves.
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