The Steady Drip: Fmr Gov. Richardson 'Cautiously Optimistic' About Griner's Release (Connecting The Dots: Bill Richardson, The United Nations, Nuclear Threat, CNN & Soros Funded Think Tanks All Networking)

Fmr Gov. Richardson 'Cautiously Optimistic' About Griner's Release (Connecting The Dots: Bill Richardson, The United Nations, Nuclear Threat, CNN & Soros Funded Think Tanks All Networking)

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By Eric Mack | Sunday, 09 October 2022 02:45 PM EDT

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A negotiator working on a potential agreement to return the WNBA's Brittney Griner and Marine veteran Paul Whelan to America for two Russia prisoners held by the U.S. remains "cautiously optimistic."

"I am cautiously optimistic on the Griner-Whelan negotiations," former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, who also served as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, told CNN's "State of the Union." "I am cautiously optimistic. I think it's going to be a two-for-two. I don't want to get into who I met with. It was senior Russian officials, individuals close to President Putin."

Griner and Whelan are imprisoned in Russia, while President Joe Biden is warning of potential nuclear "armageddon" amid Vladimir Putin's staking claim to four more regions in Ukraine and suggesting the use of tactical nuclear weapons might be in play.

"I got the sense that the Russian officials that I met with that I have known over the years are ready to talk," Richardson told CNN's Jake Tapper. "And my hope right now is that, because of the nuclear situation, there, that there should be nuclear mitigation, risk talks. We should talk about the nuclear reactors, about children, about humanitarian issues, humanitarian corridors, do something about the International Atomic Energy Agency dealing with the nuclear reactors, POWs on both sides.

"I got a good sense from the Russians that the vibrations — but I'm not a government official. And I was just there primarily to deal with the prisoner issue. And we have other Americans that are there."

Griner was sentenced to nine years for drug possession, while Whelan is serving a 16-year sentence on espionage charges in 2020.

Richardson has defied U.S. warnings on American citizens staying in Moscow, but he said the final decision on a prisoner swap is ultimately solely in the hands of Biden.

"I'm not part of the government, the government channel, I have always made that clear; I respect that," Richardson said. "I think any decision, for instance, a release, a prisoner exchange, has to be made by the president.

"And I think the administration has done a good job on that. They recently did that in Venezuela. I think they're very serious about Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan.

"But I don't work for them, and I think that little misunderstanding has been cleared up."

Richardson did take a shot at "nervous Nellies" in the Biden administration not respecting his ability to negotiate the release of American citizens in Russia.

"There are a lot of nervous Nellies in the government that think they could know it all, and that's not the case: Look at my track record over 30 years," Richardson concluded.

Connecting the Dots:

Bill Richardson is a director at Refugees International and was a U.S. ambassador for the United Nations.

George Soros is a director emeritus at Refugees International and was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for Refugees International and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

James F. Collins is a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and was a U.S. ambassador for Russia.

Olara A. Otunnu was a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and the undersecretary general for the United Nations.

Kofi A. Annan is a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and the secretary general for the United Nations.

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).

Ted Turner is the co-chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and the founder of CNN.

Michael Douglas is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), a friend of George Soros and a messenger of peace for the United Nations.

Jessica Tuchman Mathews is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), was the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), the Brookings Institution (think tank) and Refugees International.

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society and is a director emeritus at Refugees International.

James W. Cicconi was an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a director at the Jobs for America's Graduates.

Bill Richardson was a director at the Jobs for America's Graduates, was a U.S. ambassador for the United Nations and is a director at Refugees International.

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