#shorts On 12/8/2022, a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “You were asked previously about the security assessment regarding Viktor Bout, and you said that the United States would stay vigilant. It sounds like the administration still sees him as a security threat. No?”

MS. Jean-Pierre: We’re saying — the question is, and the question has been placed to us, is do we have security concerns. Right? And what we have said is that the President did not make this decision lightly. Just want to make that very clear. But he believed this was the right thing to do to secure Brittney’s release …

Reporter: So you still have security concerns?

MS. Jean-Pierre: I’m not going to — I’m — you know, I’m not the Intelligence Committee here, so I’m not going to get into any intelligence …

other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/6I1SglPcUaQ
Q: Viktor Bout still security threat? A: not lightly, to make that very clear