ISIS tortured James Foley's family with emails warning they were planning to execute him

The White House was aware of James Foley's location before his death claims the murdered journalist's former boss, who says he hired an international security firm to locate the kidnapped reporter.GlobalPost CEO, Philip Balboni, said today that his organization knew of Foley's whereabouts in Syria and said it was safe to assume the US government knew of it too.The media executive also said Secretary of State John Kerry had been personally involved at some level of the search or negotiations for Foley's return, but refused to go into details.In a press conference, Balboni revealed he had personally spent 'millions' trying to retrieve Foley, 40, but the journalist was ultimately shown 'no mercy' by his captors who beheaded him and posted the grisly video online on Tuesday.Speaking from Boston, Balboni also revealed that Foley's family had been emailed by ISIS last Wednesday and informed that the terror group intended to execute the reporter in retaliation for US bombing in support of Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq.Balboni said that ISIS 'made no demands' in their email and 'it was just a statement that they were going to execute Jim'.Balboni said he passed on the email to the government immediately and at the press conference said, 'It's safe to say our government knew.''We received an email from the captors on Wednesday night of last week stating their intention to execute Jim,' said Balboni in an interview with WCVB-TV in Boston.The ominous email differed to prior correspondences from ISIS, which usually contained either financial or political demands.Balboni said that what terrified him and the Foley family was the tone of the message, which was 'vitriolic' and full or rage in the aftermath of US bombing against Islamic State targets in Iraq.Balboni said they tried to engage in a conversation with the terrorists and initially held out hope.'But you can see the seething anger. It could have been a bluff and we had to believe it was a bluff,' said Balboni to WCVB.'You know when you kidnap someone and hold them for almost two years, you don't do it unless you believe there is value in those hostages.'(dailymail.co.uk)Bakudaily.Az