Hostages and the Right to Pay RansomMark ToveyMises Institute Aug. 26, 2015 |
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In late June of this year, President Obama signed an executive order and presidential directive clarifying the administration’s hostage policy. Afterward he gave a statement to the press, in which he condemned threats of prosecution against families trying to pay ransom: “the last thing we should ever do is add to a family’s pain with threats like that.” Read More |