. >> the widow of your constituent constituent, warren wine stein considered the be efforts inconsistent. >> the lessons learned from that circumstance is that we need one person responsible for coordination of these strategies. when we have a hostage involved we have the fbi, department of justice involved, white house involved and other agencies involved. we need to have one person that is solely focused in getting that person home. that is the lesson learned from the warren winesteen situation. >> paid the ransoms, shuttled moan through third parties and secured their love one's freedom. are americans targets in a dinner way? and thus have a different approach? >> well, there's no easy answer to that question. we know that if you accommodate those who are using these tactics that it may encourage them to be more aggressive in taking hostages. so we know that there is a down side to cooperation. and meeting the demands in order to get a safe return. we also know that in some cases, the funds are transferred and you still don't have a safe return. so i think it's not as simple to say it

drone strike accidentally killed american hostage warren wine stein in the afghanistan-pakistan border region. his family bemoaned the lack of help it got from the u.s. government. government was inconsistent and disappointing over three and a half years. >> while news broke that the f.b.i. helped the family facilitate a quarter million dollars payment to his captors the government threatened the family of james foley with prosecution if they tried to pay ransom to isil. he was later killed. >> there were many opportunities along the way and yet nothing was done to save our young americans. >> on wednesday, the u.s. government is expected to announce that while it will continue its policy of not paying ransom to kidnappers, it will no longer seek to prosecute families who do. the white house gave a preview of the policy on tuesday. >> our goals entering into this process was to both better integrate the variety of federal government resources that are dedicated to securing the safe return of american hostages held against their will oversees and to improve communication with the family