Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo criticized the Biden administration’s decision to swap celebrity basketball player Brittney Griner for a Russian arms dealer, saying the move establishes “the wrong incentives for the bad guys” and makes international travel less safe for Americans.
Pompeo made the remarks during an appearance on Fox News that aired Sunday, in which he said he’s glad Griner has been freed and is back in the United States, but that some aspects of the exchange were problematic.
“My mission was always to get every American back but, at the same time, not create the risk that more Americans would be taken,” Pompeo said, referring to efforts under the Trump administration to secure the freedom of U.S. citizens held abroad….