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Lawfare Archive: John Sipher on Spy Swaps: Past, Present, and Future
The Lawfare Podcast
The History of Spice Swaps
The idea is that the person in jail, presumably could reveal some secrets and we want to get them out before they do. Or similarly on the Russian side, they want to get their person out before they break. In many cases, there's sort of a long history of the Soviets and the Russians using this tool to get their people out. Almost like holding hostages or creating fake espionage cases so that they can arrest someone and try to push the US government.
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