>[why should Griner be above the law in Russia? is he/she an intelligence asset?]
Moe Berg: Baseball Player, Linguist, Lawyer, Intel Officer
July 27, 2021
Moe played with the Senators until 1934; that year, he toured Japan with the American All-Star baseball team. While in Japan, the Japanese-speaking ball player filmed Tokyo Harbor, military installations, and other facilities for the US government.
https://www.cia.gov/stories/story/moe-berg-baseball-player/
https://archive.ph/NTa5G