Trading Russian Arms Dealer for Basketball Star Is a ‘Bad Guys for Celebrities’ Swap That Puts US Lives at Risk: Pompeo

The Biden administration’s decision to swap WNBA basketball star Brittney Griner for a convicted Russian arms dealer establishes “the wrong incentives for the bad guys” and makes international travel less safe for Americans, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says.
While Pompeo says he’s glad that Griner has been freed and is back in the United States, he sees some aspects of the exchange as problematic, he told Fox News during an appearance that aired on Dec. 11.
“My mission was always to get every American back but, at the same time, not create the risk that more Americans would be taken,” he said, referring to efforts during the Trump administration to secure the freedom of U.S. citizens held abroad….}