Warren Weinstein
An Exclusive Look at FBI Communication About the Accidental Drone Strike Killing of an American
We filed a FOIA request for all records the FBI had on Warren Weinstein, a US aid worker killed in a top-secret CIA drone strike in Pakistan. Our request was initially denied; we appealed. Here's what we found.
US Government Policy Forbidding Ransom Payments for Hostages Is Apparently Not So Strict
Reports the US helped the family of Warren Weinstein as they tried to negotiate with his captors are part of a long history of hypocrisy in hostage policy, a former negotiator tells VICE News.
Al Qaeda Makes a Fortune By Ransoming Prisoners
In the past three and a half years, Western governments have given al Qaeda more than $100 million to free kidnapped hostages.
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