article_snippet.sent: a report has also been claimed Dr Warren Weinstein, from Rockville, Maryland, and a fellow aid worker were used as a shield to protect a senior Al Qaeda operative while in captivity.
article_snippet.sent: His family yesterday slammed His family response to Dr Warren Weinstein abduction, and his abduction has now been claimed that His family transferred an undisclosed amount of money to Dr Warren Weinstein kidnappers two years before Dr Warren Weinstein death.
article_snippet.sent: Sources suggest the family of American hostage Dr Warren Weinstein, who was killed during a US drone strike in January, gave money to a United States Army captain .
article_snippet.sent: He said the captors were professional during the transactions and the captors connected the captors to other abductions - including that of murdered journalist James Foley.
article_snippet.sent: The source told CNN the militants would call He on a daily basis and when He last spoke to the militants in early April, the militants said Weinstein was still alive.
article_snippet.sent: According to CBS News' David Martin, Weinstein and Mr Lo
article_snippet.sent: The senior member of the terrorist organisation has also been claimed that Weinstein (left) and  fellow captive Giovanni Lo Porto (right) were used to shield a senior Al Qaeda operative from drone strikes .
highlights_snippet.sent: Dr Warren Weinstein died during the counterterrorism operation in January .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: The 73-year-old was captured from Dr Warren Weinstein home in Lahore, Pakistan, in 2011 .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Dr Warren Weinstein family are said to have transferred money to Dr Warren Weinstein kidnappers in 2012 .
  