Clearly disappointed, Foley possibly alluded to problems with the White House behind the scenes as efforts to secure the release of his older brother all ended in failure.
Initially hesitant to discuss the controversial issues, Michael Foley said he felt the US did not do everything in its power to save his brother and said watching his fellow hostages return home after European countries paid their ransoms was hard to bear.
Michael Foley also appeared ambivalent about the Obama administrations much trumpeted 'flawless' July 4 rescue mission for the captive reporter, which failed when it raided the wrong base and which the Foleys were not informed of.
'I'd like to think that it did happen, but I certainly wasn't aware of it,' said Michael Foley during an exclusive interview with Yahoo Global News Anchor Katie Couric.
'I
really don't think I should get into this, but the United States could
have done more on behalf of the Western and American hostages over there
and still dealt with the broader world wide issues,' said Michael.
'And other nations have done that. And that's been a source of frustration for me.'
Indeed,
Michael called on the United States to work with Europe to establish a
coherent strategy for dealing with terrorists, because as it stands,
terrorists know they will get no ransom for their American prisoners.
'I
really really hope that in some way Jim's death pushes us to take
another look at our approach, our policy to terrorist and hostage
negotiations and rethink that,' said Michael.
'Because if the United States is doing it one way and Europe is doing it another way then by definition it wont work.'
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