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DEA agent who put Viktor Bout in prison blasts Brittney Griner swap
New York Post ^ | December 9, 2022 | Snejana Farberov Social Links for Snejana Farberov VIEW AUTHOR ARCHIVE GET AUTHOR RSS FEED December

Posted on 12/11/2022 3:12:11 PM PST by nickcarraway

A former DEA agent who played a major role in bringing notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout to justice more than a decade ago believes that Russia got the upper hand in the Brittney Griner prisoner swap — and that the US may end up paying a heavy price for it.

“I’m kind of in disbelief that someone with the potential to orchestrate arms deals that can kill Americans anywhere in the world would be traded for a prisoner,” Tom Pasquarello told Yahoo! Sports just hours after Bout was exchanged for Griner in Abu Dhabi.

Bout, 56, dubbed the “Merchant of Death,” had been serving a 25-year sentence in federal prison for selling tens of millions of dollars worth of weapons that were to be used to kill Americans when he was freed and put on a plane to Moscow.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: brittneygriner; dea; russia

1 posted on 12/11/2022 3:12:11 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

It’s like the spy movies where the insiders say to each other it’s all part of a big game and you win some and lose some as they put their arm around the enemy spy’s shoulder.

It’s not a game for the people these terrorists murder or rob with those black market weapons.


2 posted on 12/11/2022 3:14:56 PM PST by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: nickcarraway

60 minutes clip

VIDEO: This is who Joe Biden just freed for Brittney Griner, Viktor Bout
https://rumble.com/v1zlyje-this-is-who-joe-biden-just-freed-for-brittney-griner-victor-bout.html


3 posted on 12/11/2022 3:15:28 PM PST by janetjanet998
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VIDEO: Russian media laughing that they got Viktor Bout for Griner says it’s because of wokeness
https://rumble.com/v1zup44-russian-media-laughing-that-they-got-victor-gout-for-griner.html


4 posted on 12/11/2022 3:16:36 PM PST by janetjanet998
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Yeah if the Russians, or anyone else, gets a tranny gay black man/woman it would be worth millions…


5 posted on 12/11/2022 3:34:46 PM PST by TnTnTn
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To: nickcarraway

Just when you think Biden has done the stupidest thing he could he shows up again.


6 posted on 12/11/2022 3:41:58 PM PST by Vaduz (LAWYERS )
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To: nickcarraway

With the way the rats project and the deal they gave Russia you know who is really the Russian stooges and it’s not trump or the Republicans


7 posted on 12/11/2022 3:44:02 PM PST by cableguymn
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To: janetjanet998

Sadly. They are not wrong.


8 posted on 12/11/2022 3:44:27 PM PST by cableguymn
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To: nickcarraway

Losing!


9 posted on 12/11/2022 4:10:28 PM PST by parmamenian (and so it goes!)
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To: nickcarraway

I don’t there’s anything President Retard can’t screw up


10 posted on 12/11/2022 4:10:42 PM PST by NWFree (Somebody has to say it 🤪)
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To: nickcarraway

““I’m kind of in disbelief that someone with the potential to orchestrate arms deals that can kill Americans anywhere in the world would be traded for a prisoner,””

But Fast and Furious thousands of guns to the cartels, guns to the PLO, 85 billion in weapons to the Taliban, supplying ISIS, supplying the Uke nazis... that’s all ok?


11 posted on 12/11/2022 4:27:09 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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In reality, Bout isn’t much different than a Lockheed Martin salesman, or a State Department moron. In fact, they paid him millions to conduct over 1100 cargo flights into Iraq.

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-dec-14-fg-bout14-story.html


12 posted on 12/11/2022 4:31:49 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: nickcarraway

Very simple. Xiden is owned by the drug cartels.


13 posted on 12/11/2022 4:38:41 PM PST by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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But Queen Nancy says Paul Whelan agrees with Slow Joe’s trade.


14 posted on 12/11/2022 4:54:41 PM PST by cquiggy
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To: Seruzawa

Very simple. Biden is Putin’s guy.


15 posted on 12/11/2022 5:07:21 PM PST by nickcarraway
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