WNBA star Brittney Griner, who has been detained in Russia for over four months, wrote to President Joe Biden saying,”I’m terrified I might be here forever.” Marco Werman interviews Hugh Dugan, a former State Department special envoy for hostage situations about Griner’s ongoing detention in Russia stemming from allegations that she was carrying oils derived from marijuana in her airport luggage.
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