Report: ISIS wanted cash, not policy changes, for James Foley's release

When a masked Briton murdered U.S. journalist James Foley on camera, he said it was in retaliation for U.S. airstrikes on Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) targets, and threatened to execute another American captive unless President Obama stopped the attacks. In fact, ISIS wanted something more mundane, $100 million in ransom, a Foley family representative and a former fellow hostage tell The New York Times. ISIS had other demands for the release of Foley and the three other Americans it is...