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Imprisoned in Russia: WSJ's Evan Gershkovich

The Truth of the Matter

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Introduction

The Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was taken by the Russians and arrested for espionage. Max Bergman: This isn't a case of Evan doing anything wrong but doing what he was there to do, which was reporting. The notion that the CIA or anyone else would use someone like a normal reporter to do espionage on behalf of the US government is just absolute craziness; it's just not true.

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