The White House is outraged by the verdict made

Washington reacted to the verdict issued by Edmond POUPU . The Deputy Press Secretary of the White House, Philip Crowley, said that the United States is deeply outraged by an absurd and ridiculous sentence. “We did not see evidence that Edmond Pope violated any Russian laws,” Crowley said, and added that President Clinton carefully monitors the situation around the case, and the United States, worrying about the worsening state of his health, insist on his speedy release “for humanitarian reasons”.