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WNBA star Brittney Griner released from Russian custody in a high-profile prisoner swap between the
« on: December 08, 2022, 01:09:50 pm »
Griner was detained in February at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport after Russian authorities said they found vape canisters with cannabis oil in her luggage.

WASHINGTON — WNBA star Brittney Griner is free Thursday after the Biden administration negotiated her release from a Russian penal colony in exchange for an arms dealer.

President Joe Biden signed off on the trade, which took place in the United Arab Emirates, even though it meant leaving behind Paul Whelan, an American corporate security executive who remains jailed in Russia.


https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/wnba-star-brittney-griner-released-russian-custody-high-profile-prison-rcna60683
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Re: WNBA star Brittney Griner released from Russian custody in a high-profile prisoner swap between
« Reply #1 on: December 08, 2022, 01:10:06 pm »
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Re: WNBA star Brittney Griner released from Russian custody in a high-profile prisoner swap between
« Reply #2 on: December 08, 2022, 01:17:20 pm »
Oh Thank God. /s
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Re: WNBA star Brittney Griner released from Russian custody in a high-profile prisoner swap between
« Reply #3 on: December 08, 2022, 01:32:08 pm »
Biden left Paul Whelan (who is innocent) to rot in Russian prison while giving up a very high value prisoner for an America-hating pot head.
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Re: WNBA star Brittney Griner released from Russian custody in a high-profile prisoner swap between
« Reply #4 on: December 08, 2022, 01:39:27 pm »
Quote from: Hoodat on December 08, 2022, 01:32:08 pm
Biden left Paul Whelan (who is innocent) to rot in Russian prison while giving up a very high value prisoner for an America-hating pot head.

The politics of this are obvious.  The only things that matter are the headlines and the ensuing blathering of the virtuous.
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« Reply #5 on: December 08, 2022, 01:42:32 pm »
Quote from: Lando Lincoln on December 08, 2022, 01:39:27 pm
The politics of this are obvious.  The only things that matter are the headlines and the ensuing blathering of the virtuous.


Yup.
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Re: WNBA star Brittney Griner released from Russian custody in a high-profile prisoner swap between
« Reply #7 on: December 08, 2022, 02:33:54 pm »
Biden left the Marine to rot in a Russian jail. Thank goodness Putin got this stellar citizen back.
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« Reply #8 on: December 08, 2022, 02:38:29 pm »
Paul Whelan endures brutal conditions in Russian prison, brother tells Fox News

David Whelan, family, US deny Russia's espionage claims against imprisoned American

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Re: WNBA star Brittney Griner released from Russian custody in a high-profile prisoner swap between
« Reply #9 on: December 08, 2022, 02:40:29 pm »
Seems there is always a  daily dose of disgusting news.........

Been up to me,  this bitch would have rotted in that Russian Gulag.
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« Reply #10 on: December 08, 2022, 02:43:38 pm »
This just in: Biden caught colluding with Russia.
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Re: WNBA star Brittney Griner released from Russian custody in a high-profile prisoner swap between
« Reply #12 on: December 08, 2022, 02:45:55 pm »
Quote from: mountaineer on December 08, 2022, 02:43:38 pm
This just in: Biden caught colluding with Russia.

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Re: WNBA star Brittney Griner released from Russian custody in a high-profile prisoner swap between
« Reply #13 on: December 08, 2022, 02:46:48 pm »
Quote from: mountaineer on December 08, 2022, 02:43:38 pm
This just in: Biden caught colluding with Russia.

True, but try to get the MSM on board with the true narrative.  Pedo Joe will be made out as a Human Rights hero the next few days instead.
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Re: WNBA star Brittney Griner released from Russian custody in a high-profile prisoner swap between
« Reply #14 on: December 08, 2022, 02:51:20 pm »
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Trump got North Korea to release three American hostages as a goodwill gesture, for nothing in exchange.
Putin convinced Biden to let him keep a former Marine behind bars, so that he could get a WNBA player back, in exchange for an international arms dealer.
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Re: WNBA star Brittney Griner released from Russian custody in a high-profile prisoner swap between
« Reply #15 on: December 08, 2022, 02:53:46 pm »
Here, in full, is a statement from David Whelan, brother of American Paul Whelan.

https://twitter.com/ArdenFarhi/status/1600850642821488640
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Re: WNBA star Brittney Griner released from Russian custody in a high-profile prisoner swap between
« Reply #16 on: December 08, 2022, 02:56:05 pm »
Griner free for release of arms merchant, while ex-U.S. marine is still in jail, sick. Great. Biden wants to ban all assault weapons and agrees to free the "merchant of death." Alrighty!!
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Re: WNBA star Brittney Griner released from Russian custody in a high-profile prisoner swap between
« Reply #17 on: December 08, 2022, 03:04:47 pm »
Talks are ongoing (supposedly) for the release of Whelan.
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US Marine Whelan Still in Russia, Talks Ongoing
Thursday, 08 December 2022 08:57 AM EST

U.S. Marine veteran Paul Whelan is still in Russian custody, his lawyer said on Thursday, adding that dialog on a possible prisoner swap was continuing, the Interfax news agency reported.

Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner had been traded for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout in a long-anticipated prisoner swap.

Whelan was convicted in 2020 of spying, and sentenced to 16 years in a maximum security jail. He denied all the charges. ...
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Re: WNBA star Brittney Griner released from Russian custody in a high-profile prisoner swap between
« Reply #18 on: December 08, 2022, 03:10:30 pm »
Quote from: Lando Lincoln on December 08, 2022, 01:39:27 pm
The politics of this are obvious.  The only things that matter are the headlines and the ensuing blathering of the virtuous.

Yes the politics are very obvious and Whelan doesn't have dreadlocks.
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« Reply #19 on: December 08, 2022, 03:11:33 pm »
Quote from: catfish1957 on December 08, 2022, 02:40:29 pm
Seems there is always a  daily dose of disgusting news.........

Been up to me,  this bitch would have rotted in that Russian Gulag.

And unlike Whelan, Griner was actually guilty.
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« Reply #21 on: December 08, 2022, 03:13:54 pm »
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Talks are ongoing (supposedly) for the release of Whelan.
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U.S. Marine veteran Paul Whelan is still in Russian custody, his lawyer said on Thursday, adding that dialog on a possible prisoner swap was continuing, the Interfax news agency reported.

Who are they going to trade him for?  Robert Hanssen?
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« Reply #22 on: December 08, 2022, 03:15:53 pm »
Quote from: mountaineer on December 08, 2022, 03:12:06 pm
More on what Vlad got from this deal:

I wonder what the government of Colombia has to say about it.  The US just freed the main arms supplier to the FARC rebels.
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« Reply #23 on: December 08, 2022, 03:43:38 pm »
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Is Brittney Griner ready to give up the fame of being a Russian prisoner to return to the obscurity of the WNBA?
8:59 AM · Dec 8, 2022

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« Reply #24 on: December 08, 2022, 03:59:40 pm »
I wonder which Russian team she'll play for next season?  :laugh:
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