Yesterday I wrote about a U.S. soldier who is being detained in Russia. Staff Sgt. Gordon Black appears to be the victim of a honey trap. He was set up.
According to a U.S. Army spokesperson, Black was detained last week. He had been stationed in South Korea and finished his deployment. He traveled to Russia on his own as he headed back to the U.S. It was described as a side trip to visit a woman with whom he was romantically involved.
He did not have permission from his superiors to go to Russia.
More details are emerging today. His mother, Melody Jones, who lives in Cheyenne, Wyoming, said that she knew her son planned to go to Russia. She asked him not to do that. She warned him that it would not end well for him. Mom was right.
The local section of Russia’s interior ministry said Black was detained at a hotel in the city after a 32-year-old woman made a complaint to police…
