investigators arrested whelan inside his hotel room. somebody gave him a flash drive. on that flash drive was classified list of employees at a secret russian agency. they gave him this drive to bring to america. joining us now is paul whelan s twin brother, david. good to talk to you. thank you. thank you for having me. shepard: how is your family doing? this can t be easy. it s remarkable. i think paul case proves truth can be stranger than fiction. he s fortunate that as many of us who can help him. shepard: were you aware he had this network of friends over the internet of people in russian military in three different branches of the russian military, navy, defense ministry? did he talk about that? not that specifically. i knew he had friends from russia. many russians have to serve in the military. i wasn t surprised some of his
paul is taken care of while we try to get him out. shepard: before we go. ambassador to russia jon huntsman visited him in that prison. what did you learn? he spoke to the family and his staff has as well. we learned that paul as well as you can expect and we started to get information from paul about next steps to try to help him. but it was rewarding to hear from john. shepard: david whelan it s tough enough when family member held overnight for a dui. i can t imagine a relative in a notorious russian prison. all the best for you and yours and speedy trip home. thank you. shepard: updates as we get them. if what ther russians are wanting tit for tat, we ll give you that american and canadian and all the rest back if you give us maria butina who s