Episode 117: Hostages

<p>On today's episode: How does the government respond when an American is taken hostage? Is it true that we don't negotiate with terrorists? Who in the government handles these situations? We talked with <a href="https://www.newamerica.org/our-people/christopher-mellon/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chris Mellon</a>, a policy analyst at New America and coauthor of a <a href="https://www.newamerica.org/international-security/policy-papers/pay-ransom-or-not/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">paper</a> on whether American hostage policies are effective. </p>