Government Threatened Foley Family Over Ransom Payments, Mother of Slain Journalist Says
By BRIAN ROSS, JAMES GORDON MEEK and RHONDA SCHWARTZ
ABC News
Sep 12, 2014, 8:31 AM ET
Obama administration officials repeatedly threatened the family of murdered journalist James Foley that they might face criminal charges for supporting terrorism if they paid ransom to the ISIS killers who ultimately beheaded their son, his mother and brother said this week.
"We were told that several times and we took it as a threat and it was appalling," Foley's mother Diane told ABC News in an interview.
She said the warnings over the summer came primarily from a highly decorated military officer serving on the White House's National Security Council staff, which five outraged current and former officials with direct knowledge of the Foley case also recounted to ABC News in recent weeks.
"Three times he intimidated us with that message. We were horrified he would say that. He just told us we would be prosecuted. We knew we had to save our son, we had to try," Diane Foley said…
And, the story gets even uglier, the more you read.
Foley's brother Michael noted in an interview that he was “…directly threatened with possible prosecution for violating anti-terrorism laws by a State Department official, but insisted that he remained defiant in calling the government's bluff.” At this point in the article readers are told that Foley responded: “No relatives of American hostages have ever been indicted for trying to free a loved one from captivity, Foley said he informed the official.”
…The Foley family adviser said the threats were made up until a few days prior to the veteran war correspondent's murder by ISIS shown in the shocking August 19 video. Two weeks later, another captured U.S. journalist, Steven Sotloff, was shown being similarly beheaded by ISIS in a video, which the killers said was because President Obama has bombed the group inside Iraq…
Of course, being “fair and balanced,” the ABC report continues on to "inform" readers that an
“…NSC spokeswoman admitted that the Foley family was informed of U.S. laws banning terrorism financing but denied the family was told they could face charges if they made a ransom payment.”
This truly outrageous story doesn’t stop there. Please click upon the link near the top of this post to learn more.
Silly Americans! They just don’t understand that only the U.S. government is authorized to give away billions of dollars and weaponry to enemy combatants, rebels and terrorists!
(Do I really need to provide links to support this last statement?)
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