Putin plays Biden like a piano, swaps terrorist for weed smoker. lol

El OchoCinco said:
He was "washed up" because he got arrested in 2008 not because he decided to clean up his life and stop dealing arms...
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And what use is he in 2022? There are no Russian arms to smuggle for him, his condition in prison was likely far better than his current condition in Russia.
 
Frederick Foresight said:
Possibly because a high-value Russian asset was arrested in Germany in 2019 for assassinating a Georgian national was a former Chechen rebel commander between 2000 and 2004, when Chechnya was fighting a war of independence against Russia. Russia wanted Germany to release assassin Vadim Krasikov in order to free Whelan. That changed the calculus.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/09/politics/russia-paul-whelan-vadim-krasikov-germany/index.html

This was pointed out earlier by another poster:



In any event, the Trump administration was apparently ‘not prepared’ for or ‘not interested in’ wrongful detentions according to Paul Whelan’s brother:

https://thehill.com/homenews/377027...-in-wrongful-detentions-paul-whelans-brother/
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Nah, Putin likely wants non-starters like curbing Ukraine aid

El OchoCinco said:
I dont think Putin felt he was under any pressure to release Whelan
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He's losing a war (bad) we're bankrolling, what you talking about?

El OchoCinco said:
He was "washed up" because he got arrested in 2008 not because he decided to clean up his life and stop dealing arms...
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The DEA basically brought him out of retirement w/the sting OP

kmgilroy89 said:
Whelan was being detained for 12 years. If Whelan is a spy he was paid to go to Russia and is doing our government's work. It's people like him who could have been responsible for the intelligence about invading Ukraine. In my opinion, he should have priority over any civilian who goes to Russia despite being told it wasn't safe to do so.

This was issued by the State Department on January 23rd:
https://ru.usembassy.gov/security-alert-update-to-travel-advisory-for-russia-january-23-2022/
"Do not travel to Russia due to the unprovoked and unjustified attack by Russian military forces in Ukraine, the potential for harassment against U.S. citizens by Russian government security officials, the Embassy’s limited ability to assist U.S. citizens in Russia, COVID-19 andrelated entry restrictions, terrorism, limited flights into and out of Russia, and the arbitrary enforcement of local law. U.S. citizens should depart Russia immediately."

She was detained on February 17th, after the Level 4 Travel Advisory was put into effect.
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We also court martialed him for larceny so doubt Langley would've recruited him. WH prolly weighted potential dirty dealing by him in Russia vs a trade
 
elderado said:
Well, ain't this interesting...
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Fascinating...

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