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Prosecution... for doing all you can for your son
Posted on 9/11/14 at 10:58 pm
Posted on 9/11/14 at 10:58 pm
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Speaking to CNN's Anderson Cooper, Diane Foley said that she felt cut off at every avenue by US officials and were threatened with prosecution should they try to pay for her son's return - a move that left her feeling 'horrified'.
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Posted on 9/11/14 at 11:02 pm to Meauxjeaux
What could they prosecute her for?
Posted on 9/11/14 at 11:04 pm to PrimeTime Money
Dunno, but the stance is as sick as it was for the Benghazi left behinds.
Posted on 9/12/14 at 1:12 am to Meauxjeaux
it is sad that her loss has her now on TV.
Posted on 9/12/14 at 1:20 am to PrimeTime Money
quote:Paying a ransom to ISIS could be construed as "funding" a terrorist organization. Lovely, eh?
What could they prosecute her for?
Posted on 9/12/14 at 5:08 am to NC_Tigah
Can the family sue and or file charges against the individuals that threatened them? They should at least name names in the media and call them out for allowing their son to be killed.
If it were your son, what would you do? I would have had no faith in the Obama Administration and I would have tried every avenue to save my son. And then let the government bastards do what government bastards do.
If it were your son, what would you do? I would have had no faith in the Obama Administration and I would have tried every avenue to save my son. And then let the government bastards do what government bastards do.
This post was edited on 9/12/14 at 5:10 am
Posted on 9/12/14 at 5:37 am to NC_Tigah
That's bullshite if true. People pay ransoms all the time. It's a tax on doing business in shitty places, IMO.
Posted on 9/12/14 at 5:39 am to NC_Tigah
Paying a ransom to ISIS could be construed as "funding" a terrorist organization. Lovely, eh?
Did not our own government pay ransom for terrorists?
We used bodies instead of monies.
Did not our own government pay ransom for terrorists?
We used bodies instead of monies.
Posted on 9/12/14 at 6:06 am to PrimeTime Money
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What could they prosecute her for?
Giving money to terrorists.
Posted on 9/12/14 at 6:10 am to NC_Tigah
quote:
Paying a ransom to ISIS could be construed as "funding" a terrorist organization
ISIS is a terrorist organization. Money is funding. There you go.
Paying ransoms to terror organizations puts all Americans abroad at greater risk for exactly the same thing happening to them.
Posted on 9/12/14 at 7:33 am to SpidermanTUba
So do you agree that if a family was able to raise the money to get one of their loved ones back home safe, they should be prosecuted for "funding" terrorism?
Posted on 9/12/14 at 8:10 am to SpidermanTUba
You do realize that you can buy kidnap and ransom insurance for visiting dangerous parts of the world? LINK
Would you say that its ok to pay drug cartels in middle and south America a ransom but not ISIS? They all control and sway opinion through the use of fear and force.
Would you say that its ok to pay drug cartels in middle and south America a ransom but not ISIS? They all control and sway opinion through the use of fear and force.
This post was edited on 9/12/14 at 8:20 am
Posted on 9/12/14 at 8:40 am to DrunkenStuporMan
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You do realize that you can buy kidnap and ransom insurance for visiting dangerous parts of the world? LINK
For those too lazy to read the link, watch the movie "Man On Fire".
It's about this exact thing, as Densel Washington plays a bodyguard for a kid necessary for the family to keep their ransom insurance policy.
Posted on 9/12/14 at 8:47 am to teke184
I understand the idea the it's FedGov policy not to pay ransoms... I'm down with that.
But to pressure a family with prosecution is way, way out of line.
And considering we just officially ransomed 5 Gitmo detainees for Bergdahl, do we prosecute the Gov officials that gave the "ok" for that transaction? LINK
I wonder if Obama would broker a beer summit between the Bergdahl and Foley families. Wondering how that might go.
But to pressure a family with prosecution is way, way out of line.
And considering we just officially ransomed 5 Gitmo detainees for Bergdahl, do we prosecute the Gov officials that gave the "ok" for that transaction? LINK
I wonder if Obama would broker a beer summit between the Bergdahl and Foley families. Wondering how that might go.
Posted on 9/12/14 at 8:49 am to PrimeTime Money
quote:Aiding and abetting. Sending terrorists money would look bad.
What could they prosecute her for?
Posted on 9/12/14 at 8:51 am to FT
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Aiding and abetting. Sending terrorists money would look bad.
And sending 5 high-ranking terrorists from Gitmo to them doesn't?
ISIS has funding out the arse right now. A token ransom paid on this guy would have been a drop in the bucket for them compared to everything they've seized in Iraq.
Posted on 9/12/14 at 8:52 am to teke184
quote:Which is why it would have been a terrible move to let it happen.
ISIS has funding out the arse right now. A token ransom paid on this guy would have been a drop in the bucket for them compared to everything they've seized in Iraq.
I'm not accusing the mom of making a terrible move. She's a parent, not a diplomat or military advisor, and at that time I'm sure she gave zero fricks about the optics, but it wouldn't have helped anything to send them money.
Posted on 9/12/14 at 8:53 am to FT
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She's a parent, not a diplomat or military advisor, and at that time I'm sure she gave zero fricks about the optics, but it wouldn't have helped anything to send them money.
It would have raised the chances, however small, of getting her kid back in one piece vs. beheaded.
Posted on 9/12/14 at 8:54 am to FT
It wouldn't help but it looks bad when the gov can't follow the rules considering a few months ago they payed a ransom to bring back a traitor.
Posted on 9/12/14 at 8:54 am to teke184
No it wouldn't. Somali pirates? Most definitely. ISIS? No.
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