Tag: Whelan
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Paul Whelan was devasted at being left behind in a Russian labor camp as other Americans were released
Former Marine Paul Whelan said he was devastated when a Biden administration official told him WNBA basketball star Brittney Griner was being released from Russian detention after nine months and he was not. In his first interview with NBC News since returning to the U.S., Whelan, who had been imprisoned in Russia for more than…