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That flash drive, according to this report, contained the names of individuals who were employed by a top security organization in russia. so these are quite dramatic claims being made by this website, this news agency in russia. the report also talks about the fact that there were lots of social media pages that paul whelan had. many of those russians on those pages, the report says, had previously been pointing out and vetted first of all, by u.s. intelligence, then it was up to paul whelan, i...

Stories to westerners ears, american ears. that all sounds really reasonable. you had this american who is somehow tasked by u.s. intelligence and hes in a hotel room and somebody shows up with a flash drive. and the russians have made all of this up. there is no rule of law in russia. there is no, you know, free press. the whole idea that the russian lawyer, by the way, who works for the government, for putin one way or the other, because he lives in russia and is, therefore, susceptible to any...

Somehow taveng etasked by u.s. intelligence and hes in a hotel room and somebody shows up with a flash drive. and the russians made this up. there is no rule of law in russia. there is no free press. the whole idea that the russian lawyer, who works for the government, for putin one way or the other, because he lives in russia and is susceptible to any pressure the government puts on him. so hes not representing this american, says it might take six months. there have been other conditions when ...

Privately owned news agency. they interviewed what they say is an intelligence source who has sort of talked through the actual steps, the situation in which paul whelan, this u.s. marine arrested for espionage, was detained. he was in a five-star hotel in the center of moscow. he was in his room, apparently five minutes after he received a -- you know, a flash drive, a usb flash drive with the names of the employees of a top security agency in russia. he was then arrested. that was the basis fo...

Of facebook. many of the people on that -- on that site that were his friends, base cically were former or curt members of the russian security forces. what the article says is that those people were prepicked by u.s. intelligence for him to befriend and extract whatever information he could. we cant independently verify that report or its content. of course, the intelligence source may have actually had sort of a reason, a narrative to build around the arerest. but its an interesting idea. >> y...

He spent the last decade developing a network of contacts in russia using social media. thats what led up to his arrest without a flash drive he just love traveling and helping to arrange a freds wedding. much remains unknown who lives in this house in michigan. it has emerged he is also a canadian citizen, a british citizen, possibly an irish citizen and today also spoke ou out. >> individuals should not be used as pawns or diplomatic leverage. we need to see what these charges are against him,...

Opioid resolution. >> bill: unfortunately dont make headlines but thank you for coming in today. morehead at a moment here, louisiana senator, bottom of the hour, the senator is fired up and ready to go. well talk to him at 10:30 eastern time here in "americas newsroom" ." >> sandra: saying former marine paul whelan is a spy after he allegedly received a flash drive with a list of secret employees at a classified security agency. his family says that is not the case. benjamin hall is in our lond...

Contact ohio a decade. whalens family said he loved traveling and russia. but a lot is not known about whalen. its emerged that hes a british citizen. >> individuals should not be used as pawns of diplomatic leverage. we need to see what the charges are, understand if theres a case or not. whalen faces 20 years in jail if hes found guilty. his lawyer says hes in high spirits. back to you. >> trace: thanks, benjamin. lets bring in dan hoffman, a former cia chief of station and spent five years in...

Spying by the fsb. russians main counter espionage agency. one private russian news agency says an intelligence source says he was arrested in his room five minutes after he accepted a flash drive with a list of employees working at a classified security agency. the report makes reference to his presence on russian social media. the security consultant sought out russian internet users, tracked and selected in advance by american intelligence. cnn cant independently verify the report and the unn...

Investigators will request task prison administration to supply them. >> the other big question hanging over this case are the circumstances around the detention, what mr. whelan is actually accused from. all weve got from the fsb, the a minute counterintelligence agency in russia is that mr. whelan was caught spying. theres been no further announcement officially on what that actually involved, but a russian news agency has filed a report which has been picked up broadly in this country, and im...