he served seven years of an 18-year sentence and reportedly has family in the u.s. russian media say the third man released, sergei is a former military intelligence agents. he was serving a 13-year sentence for spying on behalf of british intelligence. he reportedly has diabetes. and then there's this man. former kgb major reportedly arrested 12 years ago for contacts with the cia, and arrested again on illegal weapons charges. >> and jill dormanty joins me right now. we're hearing the white house is putting out new details how the arrests an the swap actually happened. what can you tell us? >> reporter: they did. late this afternoon, campbell. and what they're saying, the most important thing is it was a u.s. idea to do this swap, and the way they lay it out is, back in february they were briefing the white house. this "they" meaning the cia, the fbi, department of justice