Former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan described over the weekend being tortured inside a Russian labor camp where he was illegally held for years after Russia held him on bogus charges in an attempt to force the U.S. to release incarcerated Russian spies.
Whelan made the remarks during a Sunday interview on CBS News’ “Face The Nation” with host Margaret Brennan while discussing what it was like being held in a FSB prison.
“The Russian government wanted to put pressure on the United States by treating me badly,” he said. “Sleep deprivation is considered torture. What the Russians did in Lefortovo Prison, it’s the FSB prison in Moscow, they kept a light on 24 hours in my cell. So sleeping was very difficult.”
“At the labor camp for four years, they would come every two hours to my bed at night, and they would wake me up,” he continued. “They’d shine a light in my face and…
