Women’s professional basketball star, Brittney Griner, has been detained by Russia for allegedly carrying cannabis in her bag at an airport outside Moscow. The State Department has called it an “unlawful detention.” Carol Hills interviews a former special envoy for hostage situations, Hugh Dugan, about the case.
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