LISA MONACO

She served as the head of the Task Foce that the President asked to come up with better poliocies and procedures for coping with situations were Americans were being held hostage for ransom. The poliocy had been that the United States would not pay meny for hostages and it was a crime for the families and friends to do so. After the report, the government still would not pay terrorists for hostages, but the new policy allowed family and friends to do so if they wanted. A number of Amricans have been murdered when hostage money was not paid. Some argue that the government should pay the ransom lest life and death depend on the wealth of the family of the victim. Most terrorism experts argue against paying at all. In addition to encouraging the terrorists to take more Amercian hostages, the hostage money goes to the terrorists who use it to endanger and kill other Americans. There is no good answer to this situation.

She served as the head of the Task Foce that the President asked to come up with better poliocies and procedures for coping with situations were Americans were being held hostage for ransom. The poliocy had been that the United States would not pay meny for hostages and it was a crime for the families and friends to do so. After the report, the government still would not pay terrorists for hostages, but the new policy allowed family and friends to do so if they wanted. A number of Amricans have been murdered when hostage money was not paid. Some argue that the government should pay the ransom lest life and death depend on the wealth of the family of the victim. Most terrorism experts argue against paying at all. In addition to encouraging the terrorists to take more Amercian hostages, the hostage money goes to the terrorists who use it to endanger and kill other Americans. There is no good answer to this situation.