media have failed to share any significant information about him with the American public. The overwhelming majority of journalists in U.S.
The first striking thing about the Whelan case is how it exposes the failure of much of the U.S. There is no mass movement for Whelan’s freedom, as there was in Griner’s case, and that is probably for good reason. media, we would know almost nothing about Paul Whelan, especially when compared to how much we know about the details of Griner’s life which the press aired during her captivity. If there were only the coverage we get from the major U.S. Leaving Whelan out of the swap, according to Whelan’s brother David, was “a catastrophe for Paul.” when he was young-was left out of the prisoner swap which involved exchange of Griner for the Russian arms dealer Victor Bout. Whelan-born in Canada in 1970 and a resident of Michigan since moving to the U.S. Whelan, whom the Biden administration claims it has been trying to get released, received a 16-year jail sentence in Moscow in 2020 after being arrested two years earlier on suspicion of spying. The concern for Whelan is amplified by belief that he, like Griner, was an innocent victim. Republicans and right-wingers, but also many Democrats and progressives, are worried now, after the release of Brittney Griner from prison in Russia, about the fate of Paul Whelan.
With a background in information technology, Whelan holds citizenship in four different countries. Marine, who was arrested for alleged spying in Russia at the end of 2018, stands in a cage while waiting for a hearing in a courtroom in Moscow Aug. Man of many passports: Paul Whelan, a former U.S.
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