pleasure. we now know as well, thanks to u.s. diplomats who have told us this, that he is languishing at the moment in a former kgb prison on the outskirts of moscow awaiting his fate. russian and u.s. officials tell cnn consular access has now been granted to paul whelan, the former u.s. marine held at a prison in moscow on charges of espionage. so far there s been no details on the circumstances of his arrest by the fsb, russia s main counteres pe counter espionage agency. of of whmuch of what we know co from his twin. he was visiting moscow and helping his friend because paul had been to moscow before and could navigate the sites and he was helping to squire some of the american tourists around who were part of the wedding party. reporter: it may have been whelan s long-standing contact