The Washington Post reported on Department of Justice officials who believe the prisoner swap of Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout for Brittney Griner was a 'mistake.'
Retired Navy SEAL officer Jocko Willink reacts to the release of WNBA player Brittney Griner for ‘merchant of death’ Viktor Bout and casts his prediction for the 123rd Army-Navy football game.
WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner, right, enters a cage in a courtroom prior to a hearing in Khimki just outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022.blasted the trade Friday, arguing that Biden should have received more hostages from Russia in return for such a dangerous prisoner. Some argued that Marine veteran Paul Whelan, who is still serving a sentence in Russia on espionage charges, should have been included in the deal.
The piece quoted an anonymous DOJ official, who said of Griner's release,"If she were my relative, I would want to do the swap. But trading a notorious international arms dealer for a basketball player is madness." The piece stated that Justice Department officials"have long chafed at some of the prisoner exchanges pushed by the State Department, in part because law enforcement officials tend to believe that authorities should adhere to a ‘like for like’ rule, in which only individuals of equal status or criminal history should be exchanged."
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