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Re:US-led coalition of nations agrees to end ransomware paym... by wdr1 on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @03:33PM (#38090257)
Chris Voss, a former FBI hostage negotiator, discussed this policy on Lex Friedman's podcast. Here's the clip:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gm4hb5yNxyE

The policy has been widely misreported as "we don't negotiate with terrorists", which is wrong. The actual policy is we won't make concessions to terrorists.

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Re:US-led coalition of nations agrees to end ransomware paym... by Maxious on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @01:39AM (#38094957)
The statement came from Reagan "there will be no negotiation with terrorists of any kind" https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/speech/1980-ronald-re...
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Re:US-led coalition of nations agrees to end ransomware paym... by ChrisRR on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @09:31AM (#38097928)
I'm sure the actual policy is "We tell the public one thing but on the battlefield is a different matter"
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