WASHINGTON (AP) — The arrest of a Michigan corporate security executive on espionage allegations in Russia seemed to his family like a horrible mistake, a misunderstanding that could be quickly resolved with help from the U.S. government.
1 / 4Paul Whelan, a former U.S. Marine, who was arrested in Moscow at the end of last year, waits for a hearing in a court in Moscow, Russia, Friday, May 24, 2019. The American was detained at the end of December for alleged spying. Six months later, and despite extensive U.S. efforts on his behalf, Paul Whelan is entangled in a Russian legal system so opaque that the evidence against him remains unknown.
None of that has seemed to produce any results. A Russian court late last month extended his detention until at least Aug. 29 while the espionage case proceeds against him.David, who has become a de facto spokesman from his home near Toronto, would like his brother to receive the same level of assistance and support that the U.S. government gives to American hostages through the FBI-led Hostage Recovery Fusion Cell.
But it doesn't cover cases of Americans accused of violating another nation's laws, where a foreign nation has acknowledged the detention. Those are handled diplomatically by the State Department, which through its consular affairs bureau visits detained citizen and ensures appropriate medical care but cannot give legal advice or free someone from custody.
"There is investigative work to be done here that has not been done," said Fayhee, a former Justice Department national security prosecutor."To not have those skills and those capabilities leveraged to recover an American citizen is really problematic." A Russian news site said Whelan — who was born in Canada to British parents — was arrested with a flash drive containing government secrets. His Russian lawyer acknowledges he had the storage device but that the American did not know what was on it.
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