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home. >> i appreciate your time. thank you. we touched on paul whelan, and the efforts to get him back. here's more. >> paul whelan's odyssey in russia's criminal justice system began on 20 2018. the former marine, he was arrested in moscow during a trip to the wedding of a fellow marine. >> they ended up taking a group of them through the kremlin, and that evening he disappeared. >> russia's federal security service accused him of being a spy. whelan i visited russia before, including in 2006 during a two-week leave. born in canada to british parents, he moved to the u.s. as a child. as u.s., canadian, british, and irish citizenship. he joined the marine reserves in 1994. he did multiple tours in iraq, and during the 2006 deployment, he was accused by the military of attempting to steal more than $10,000. it was court marshaled and discharged for bad conduct two years later. after the military, whelan worked in corporate security, first as a senior manager in the global security firm kelly services, in 2017 began working for automotive component supplier bergwijn or. eventually become a director of global security. according to his brother, whelan was a world traveler with friends in russia. he was also active on russian social media. after his arrest, russia claimed whelan was caught, quote, red-handed, with a flash drive, with state secrets. whelan claims he was set up. one >> of the faye cloth frenzy made in russia visited in the night of the wedding, just before the wedding happened, and gave paul a usb. just a usb stick. and said that they were photos from a previous trip they had