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This is what happens. people get caught up in trumped up charges and get sent to jail and treated for somebody. on the other, hand we can be very unhappy that paul whelan is still in there and not out. but this weird outrage and this outrage cycle that's moving around republican circles seems to have missed the fact that we actually got brittney griner out. and even paul whelan's family is sort of saying, this is misplaced outrage. >> i agree. and i think it's pretty scary, to be honest, because if we do not have consensus on basic fundamental national security interests and issues in the unit...

Fogle locked up. aishah hasnie has more. >> administration officials steam believe they've had a great week on the other hand republicans continue to criticize this administration for what they call a bad deal. a dangerous deal for americans. so republicans are saying that the biden white house has given up one of the most dangerous men in the world. nicknamed merchant of death and they're worried that this trade sengdz sends the wrong signal to our adversaries. a pattern where we're willing to accept the bad deal and sending a signal that it is a good idea if you're a rogue regime to get leve...

And in perspective, some of the blow back. >> it's a hard call, right? this was not an easy decision. i know that, talking to biden administration officials. my assessment, my assumption is that they negotiated that they have been negotiating for a long time, obviously, they would've liked to give that all the americans. mark global, don't forget mark fogle, another american sitting in jail in russia for the same alleged crime that brittney griner, mark is a high school teacher that used to teach my son was i was the ambassador. there is a deeply intimately involved with our diplomatic communi...

Detained or held hostage by foreign governments, according to the foley foundation which advocates for them. the n"the new york times" put t number at 40 or 50 back in july. one of them is mark fogle. i spoke to his attorney. >> we're frustrated with the system. >> he's been detained since august of last year after medical cannabis was found in his luggage at a moscow airport. >> are there negotiations taking place, and if so, can you tell us about them? >> we don't know what's going on. obviously that's all done behind closed doors for reasons of confidentiality. the u.s. government has assur...

Possible and that this creates a certain atmosphere where context can continue. what do you think we're going to see here with hopefully the future release of paul whelan? >> well, president putin's comments were encouraging. that was surprising to me. that suggests that there are other possible deals to be made as you were just discussing. it's hard to imagine who is -- who would be the right fit for somebody given that viktor bout was the best person we had to trade. by the way, i think the trade was a hard call, but the right call. it's better to have somebody out and in diplomacy. i've neg...