Ratickle
Founding Member / Super Moderator
What a stupid piece of **** he is....
His own Justice Department, which viewed Thursday’s one-for-one prisoner swap involving Griner and the notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout as a mistake given the discrepancy of offenses by the two prisoners."
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."
CNN senior justice correspondent Evan Perez also reported that U.S. law enforcement officials were displeased with this trade, saying they believed it to be "epically bad."
The New York Times acknowledged that there are "legitimate questions" that "can be raised about these swaps, including whether they encourage still more hostage-taking or could endanger Americans
His own Justice Department, which viewed Thursday’s one-for-one prisoner swap involving Griner and the notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout as a mistake given the discrepancy of offenses by the two prisoners."
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."
CNN senior justice correspondent Evan Perez also reported that U.S. law enforcement officials were displeased with this trade, saying they believed it to be "epically bad."
The New York Times acknowledged that there are "legitimate questions" that "can be raised about these swaps, including whether they encourage still more hostage-taking or could endanger Americans
