The United States has a policy of not negotiating with terrorists when n eyre Holding Americans hostage. The wife of one american kidnapped in pakistan has a harrowing tale to tell about her efforts to win her husbands freedom. Lesley stahl has the story for 60 minutes. It is actually against the law for a citizen look you to give money to a terrorist. Right. And the fbi was facilitateing it . Yes. How does that happen . The fbi said to me in the beginning it is against the law for you to pay a ransom for your husband. But nobody has everr been prosecuted forthat. Elaine had hired an experienced hostage negotiation firm that was working with the fbi to advise her. As far as i was concerned, give them the money. Them the money. All of it. Hey, give them the money. Lets get this over with. Give them the money. Reporter it wasnt that simple. Before turning over any money, elaine was told to get confirmation that warren wasas still alive. She asked for proro of life. She wanted a detail th
Leavenworth, kansas. In 2011, congress made it illegal to transfer guantanamo inmates to the u. S. And republicans in Congress Almost universally opposed to changing the law. Kansas senator pat roberts made his opinion clear today. This its what i think of the president s plan to send terrorists to the United States. Reporter so did colorado republican congressman, mike coffman. He knows in fact the will of congress is not going to change. We are not going to amend existing law. That would in fact allow the detainees to come to u. S. Soil. Reporter president obama said that closing guantanamo will save taxpayers tens of millions of dollars. Scott, the white house today would not rule out taking executive action to shutter the prison if congress does not act. Margaret, mentioned, Khalid Sheikh mohamed, he was captured by u. S. Forces in pakistan in 2003. For the most part been at Guantanamo Bay since. His case is in a military court there. Lawyers have filed more than 200 motions, many
Weve been told of fatalities at an r. V. Park in st. James parish in louisiana. About 100 r. V. S were overturned there. As many as 10 Million People in five states will be under tornado watches over the next 24 hours, and David Begnaud begins our coverage. Reporter it started during the lunch hour in louisiana. Triple tornadic water spouts developed over lake pontchartrain in new orleans. An hour west of here, in white castle, louisiana, a motorist captured what is believed to be a wall cloud with a tornado wrapped in it. Another tornado was reported in 2 praireville, 20 miles east of the capital, baton rouge. A golds gym took a powerful punch. D of a wall was ripped off the building. This is what it looked like late this afternoon in assumption, s parish, an eerie sight after a reported tornado plowed a path of destruction. Look up. Look up. Reporter southeast of baton rouge its right in front of us. Its going to cross right in front of us. Reporter a tornado crossed oh, my god repor
For terrorist suspects by end of the year. Guantanamo opened in 2002 on the u. S. Naval base in cuba which allowed prisoners from afghanistan and elsewhere to be held without charges or trials. 779 prisoners had been held there. Today, 91 remain. Margaret brennan is at the white the politics of this are tough. Reporter tough politics because the president s proposal involves bringing nearly 60 guantanamo prisoners to the United States. We are already holding a bunch of really dangerous terrorists here in the United States. Because, we threw the book at them. And there have been no incidents. Reporter of the 91 prisoners at guantanamo, 35 transferred to other countries. 46 held in the u. S. Under military guard. Or military courts. Includes, 9 11 Khalid Sheikh mow haemd never convicted in 13 years. Pentagon officials looked at 13 locations for housing prisoners including naval brig in south carolina, super max prison in colorado, military prison in leavenworth, kansas. In 2011, congress
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