Paul Whelan
The US Just Freed One Russian Prisoner. It Still Has 2 to Go.
The U.S. and Russia just brokered a prisoner swap for former Marine Trevor Reed during the worst diplomatic tensions since the Cold War.
Russia says ex-U.S. Marine charged with spying held a flash drive of state secrets
“How he got it, what he was supposed to do with it, and whether [he] knew that he had secret information is unknown,” his lawyer said.
What we know about Paul Whelan, the American citizen accused of espionage in Russia
Is Whelan a spy, or a pawn?
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A former Marine was arrested in Russia on suspicion of spying. His family says he was just attending a wedding.
His relatives learned of his detention from media reports.
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