he s worked in corporate security for borg warner. his family has denied he has anything to do with spying. the rush federal security service announced his arrest on the website three days after whalen disappeared. they said only that he was caught during a espionage operation. earlier we heard from secretary of state mike pompeo who addressed the case. we ve mad clear to the russians our expectations. if the detention is not appropriate, we will demand his immediate return. we ve also heard that ambassador huntsman has been to visit paul whalen. he spoke to the family as well. this spying charge comes with a 20-year possible sentence. trace? trace: what does this mean for u.s.-russian relations potentially?
increasingly enthusiastic to go to these parties, launches, gatherings, where the rich and fa famous were. reporter: anna chapman s attorney did not comment on that but denies other claims by her ex-husband. including one that her father worked for the old soviet spy service, kgb. her father does not work for the kgb. he is an embassy official who has worked in the past in zimbabwe and kenya, not exactly locations for kgb officials to be sent. reporter: when we asked robert baum if she denies the spying charge against her, she had so far nothing has been disclosed to them about the government s evidence so they are not making any comments about the charges. baum says anna chapman is having a difficult time emotionally right now. he says she is being held in solitary confinement, in her cell 23 hours a day. let out one hour a day for exercise. he says she is allowed novicetors aside from him.
what are we looking at, aiding the enemy, espionage, treason? if you look at the substance of the allegations, i think the two main charges that are going to be triggered under the uniform code of military justice, which is the military s version of our penal law, spying and espionage. now, i think there s probably a good defense with respect to the spying charge, because under the ucmj, before you can be convicted of spying there has to be a congressionally declared state of war, and we had the force authorization but not the congressional declaration of war. gregg: what about espionage, because some kinds of espionage carry the death penalty. like spying espionage can be punishable by death. with the elements of an espionage case you basically have to prove that private manning conveyed information with intent or reason to know that that information will be used to the advantage of a foreign enemy or the injury of the united states. the rub is that to get death penalty on an espi