After the Soviet Union collapsed, Russian President Vladimir Putin nominally resigned from the KGB with the rank of lieutenant colonel. But he never really left the KGB.
Seeking a comprehensive deal where no one is left behind
For Mr. Putin, the rule of law is anathema. The principles and values enshrined in our Constitution and Bill of Rights represent the gravest threats to his corrupt regime. Third, Mr. Putin deliberately tasks his intelligence services, especially the FSB, to target any Russian who espouses freedom, liberty or democracy. Without evidence, they are accused of being Western spies, just like the wrongfully detained Americans living out their days in barbaric penal colonies.
I caught up with renowned hostage negotiator Mickey Bergman, whose book, “In the Shadows: True Stories of High-Stakes Negotiations to Free Americans Captured Abroad,” is due out in June, to discuss what a potential deal might look like. There is no higher priority for the U.S. intelligence community than determining what it would take for Mr. Putin to make a deal. Mr. Putin is stealing years of the lives of our fellow citizens.
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