James Foley's Parents Say US Government Threatened Them With Prosecution If They Tried To Raise Ransom Money

John and Diane Foley, the parents of slain U.S. journalist James Foley, said Friday that the U.S. government threatened them with prosecution if they tried to raise money to pay a ransom for their son, who was kidnapped in 2012 by the Islamic State, formerly known as ISIS, according to the Associated Press, or AP.