Hostage Money to Iran

The Wall Street Journal managed to scoop everyone today with the front-page story on $400 million in cash being flown to Iran just prior to the release of hostages.  The White House denies there is any connection to the money and the hostage release, but there may be a more plausible story line in what Newt Gingrich said today on Fox Business.  Our State Department, according to his version, actually thought they needed to make the payment look like ransom money to help out Iran's more moderate leaders.  So State can say, "It wasn't ransom. We just wanted it to look like ransom."  Is anyone paying attention to our government business?  To what we look like to the rest of the world?