Federal law enforcement officials who oversaw the arrest and conviction of Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout expressed dismay at the Biden administration's prisoner exchange for Brittney Griner.
Gen. Petraeus told Fox News Digital that although it's an "understandable imperative" for countries to bring citizens home, Viktor Bout who was exchanged with Russia for Brittney Griner is "reprehensible."to justice have characterized his trade to Russia for WNBA star Brittney Griner's freedom as a"disgrace" and a"grave threat" to U.S national security. , was released Thursday with applause from Biden administration officials.
Alleged Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout walks past temporary cells ahead of a hearing at the Criminal Court in Bangkok on Aug. 20, 2010. in August that Bout was"dangerous." A 35-year veteran of federal law enforcement, Braun was tasked with"ultimate oversight" over the operation that led to Bout's arrest and incarceration.
"Trading Bout away wouldn’t just be a slap in the face of the law enforcement officers and operatives who labored to bring Bout down, many of them risking their lives in the process. It would also pose a grave threat toHe explained that Bout was a former Russian intelligence officer who entered into the arms trade in the 1990s."By 2003, he had become the world’s pre-eminent arms trafficker, flooding weapons to U.S.
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