today marks the sixth day that russian authorities held an american citizen accusing him of spying. but two former cia officers are telling nbc news that it is, quote, inconceivable that he was serving as a spy. here's secretary of state mike pompeo this morning in brazil. >> we have made clear to the russians our expectation that we'll learn more about the charges come to understand what it is he's accused of and if the detention is not appropriate we'll demand his immediate return. >> the u.s. has been granted consular access to the detainee and today we learn more about paul whelan, born in canada and raised in michigan as a u.s. citizen. according to his brother he worked in law enforcement for a period of time and served in the marine corps reserve for 14 years. highest rank of staff sergeant and served in iraq just over a year across two deployments. in 2008 he was given a bad