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if there's no accountability, nick, terror reign >> schifrin: diane foley is jim's mother. >> part of's legacy is ohaving the moral courage pursue the truth, pursue justice, for all of us. and to have the moral courage to pursue that no matter how long it takes. >> schifrin: in 2019, u.s. special operations forces killed isis leader abu bakr al- baghdadi, who allegedly personally raped and tortured kayla mueller. today's announcement was years in the making. the u.s. needed a british court to release british intelligence on the men, which it received only after attorney general william barr sent this letter to on, promising the u.s. would not pursue the death penalty. this smer in an interview broadcast on nbc news, the two men reversed previous and admitted they helped imprison,an abuse prisoners: >> i've hit most of the prisoners. >> schifrin:hey've maintained they can't get a fair trial, as in this 2018 interview in kurdish custody with the associated press. >> no fair trial when i'm the beatle in the media.no fair tri. whoever is going to come to a decision has already been influe

joining me now is diane foley, the mother of journalist james foley. thank you so much for joining us. obviously i'm sure this day has all kinds of emotions for you. i'd like for you to tell us, how are you feeling in the wake of this news? >> i'm very grateful, incredibly grateful to our fbi, department of justice, ag barr, and to our british colleagues, certainly the home secretaries and scotland yard. i'm so grateful that finally we're able to put together the evidence and give them an opportunity for their day in court also. >> what would you like to see happen to these men? >> well, i would like them have a fair trial where they have a chance to present their side of things, but if, in fact, they were part of the human rights atrocities allegedly -- they allegedly have done, they should be held accountable and receive a life sentence where they have an opportunity to really know what they did and have a chance to atone, amend for their horrible acts of violence to other people, so many innocent people. >> i was curious to get your thoughts because

journalist james foley was murdered by the group. his mother, diane foley, gave the bbc her reactiony grateful to all of you good people in the uk, as well as to our fbi, department ofjustice, ag barr, and so many people outside of government also, pro bono attorneys on both sides of the atlantic. i'm just hugely grateful to everyone that has helped us get to this first huge step in some accountability for these horrific crimes. i really hope that they will give us information about not only our children, but of some of the other crimes done by isis, as well as implicating others. these two were not the only ones, and i fear that there's others still in refugee camps, hiding in our midst. so, i think it's really a national security issue for all of us that this step towards accountability be undertaken. i feel that it's essential that these crimes are made public. i think people need to know the depth of the hatred of this group and others who seek to destroy our way of life. i think that transparency is really essential. i think too much of the world is just naive and unaware of the

we can talk to diane foley whose son james was murdered by the group.james was murdered by the group. thank you very joining diane, thank you very much for joining us. you have said in the past that you have despaired that this day would never arrive. now that it has, how do you feel?” this day would never arrive. now that it has, how do you feel? i am tremendously grateful to all of you good people in the uk as well as to oui’ good people in the uk as well as to our fbi department ofjustice, ag bar, and so many people outside of government also, pro bono attorneys on both sides of the atlantic, i'm just hugely grateful to everyone that has helped us get to this first huge step in some accountability for these horrific crimes. diane, in order to get to the united states, they took the death penalty off the table, do you think that was the right decision? yes, that was my hope from the beginning. ijust think the death penalty allows them to be martyrs, and doesn't give them any time to realise the depth of this pain and suffering they inflicted on others

james foley went to the war zone to cover it as journalists, until isis abducted and beheaded them diane foley for this day. >> i'm hoping these men will implicate others and will help us to get some answers you know, about where the remains of our kids are and others involved. >> reporter: the accused isis kidnappers were dubbed the beatles because of their british accents. in an exclusive interview obtained by nbc news, the two men admit to being isis kidnappers, but claim they were just guards. they have previously denied involvement in the killings. >> did you engage in torture, said, no, i don't consider what happened to them -- how do you define torture if you consider that torture, yeah, i guess so i guess it's no more than maybe what some people experienced in their detentions. >> reporter: former french hostage told me they're lying. he remembers the so-called beatles well kotey was nicknamed ringo. elsheikh was george. >> john being the leader and george being somehow the punishersh and ringo being most the preacher, someone who would lecture us or try to. >> reporter: have you seen