Journalist Steven Sotloff was sold to ISIS by ‘moderate’ rebels in Syria, his family spokesman told CNN last night. The price? Somewhere between $25,000 and $50,000. The spokeman explained, “Somebody at the border crossing made a phone call to ISIS and they set up a fake checkpoint with many people and Steven and his people that he went in with could not escape.”

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