The heartbreaking rationale for not paying ransom to free US hostages

By Jamie McIntyre

Published August 25, 2023 5:00am ET

The heartbreaking rationale for not paying ransom to free US hostages — A Nigerien soldier provides rear security for his squad while they performed a dismounted patrol during Exercise Flintlock 2017 in Diffa, Niger, March 11, 2017. Flintlock exercises strengthen security institutions, promote multilateral sharing of information, and develop interoperability among partner nations in the Trans-Sahara. | U.S. Army photo by Spc. Zayid Ballesteros

To a person, Republicans welcomed the news this month that five Americans had been released from a notorious Iranian prison and transferred to a hotel in Tehran as the first step in a U.S. negotiation aimed at eventually bringing them home.

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