President Obama’s plan includes more than $500 million to arm and train Syrian rebels. One group that has cast doubt on aiding the Syrian opposition is the family of Steven Sotloff, the American journalist whose videotaped beheading helped mobilize calls for U.S. airstrikes. Speaking to CNN, a family spokesperson said Sotloff was sold off to ISIL by other Syrian rebels.

Barak Barfi: “For the first time, we can say Steven was sold at the border. Steven’s name was on a list that he had been responsible for the bombing of a hospital. This was false. Activists spread his name around.”

Anderson Cooper: “He was sold at the border?”

Barak Barfi: “Yes. We believe that the so-called moderate rebels that people want our administration to support, one of them sold him probably for something between $25,000 and $50,000 to ISIS. And that was the reason that he was captured.”