{"id":83956,"date":"2019-01-05T16:05:41","date_gmt":"2019-01-05T20:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=83956"},"modified":"2022-01-13T20:32:30","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T01:32:30","slug":"jailed-american-paul-whelan-not-exactly-the-secret-squirrel-ivan-was-hoping-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=83956","title":{"rendered":"Jailed American,\u00a0Paul Whelan,\u00a0 not exactly the Secret Squirrel Ivan was hoping for.\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Russia’s deputy foreign minister is brushing back suggestions that an American being held in Moscow on suspicion of spying could be exchanged for a Russian.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I have no idea how useless a Russian would have to be in order for me to exchange a guy with a Bad Conduct Discharge from the Corps for him.\u00a0 \u00a0Let me think …\u00a0 ah …\u00a0 nah, Ivan can keep this dirtbag as long as he wants to.<\/p>\n

Whelan’s Marine record also would likely prevent U.S. intelligence from hiring him. He began active duty with the Marines in 2003 and was deployed twice to Iraq, rising to staff sergeant. But his military career ended with a court martial in 2008, when he was convicted on charges that included attempted larceny and dereliction of duty.<\/p>\n

Court documents released by the military show he was accused of attempting to steal more than $10,000 while on duty in Iraq, where he worked as a clerk, in September 2006. He was also convicted of using a false social security number and profile for a military computer system to grade his own examinations, and of writing 10 bad checks totaling around $6,000.<\/p>\n

He was dropped two grades in rank and given a bad conduct discharge from the Marine Corps.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Let Putin feed his ass for a while.\u00a0 Not sure where a guy that works for a Temp Agency gets money to travel.\u00a0 He seems to like Russia, let him stay for a while.<\/p>\n

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Source: Jailed American spent years collecting Russian contacts<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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