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NOW MEANS. MARK FOGLE’S MOTHER AND SISTER ARE EXPRESSING MORE HOPE THAN EVER BEFORE IN BRINGING MARK HOME AFTER WHAT HIS ATTORNEYS CALLED A CRITICAL STEP IN SECURING HIS RELEASE. MARK FOGLE’S FAMILY AND ATTORNEYS NOW SHARING PUBLICLY THAT THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT HAS DESIGNATED MARK WRONGFULLY DETAINED. YOU KNOW, IT’S BEEN SUCH A LONG TIME, AND SOMETIMES YOU FELT LIKE IT WAS A BOTTOMLESS PIT AND NOTHING WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. AND WE’VE SEEN LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL. HE HAS BEEN WRONGFULLY, UNFAIRLY AND UNJUSTLY DETAINED, AND A SENTENCE THAT WAS GIVEN TO HIM WAS ABSOLUTELY UNFAIR, UNPRECEDENTED, AND WRONG, MAKING MARK A PRIORITY FOR THE U.S. GOVERNMENT AND ALLOCATING ENORMOUS RESOURCES TO HIS FAMILY IN THEIR EFFORTS TO SECURE HIS RELEASE. THIS COMES NEARLY THREE AND A HALF YEARS AFTER HE WAS ARRESTED IN RUSSIA, ACCUSED OF DRUG TRAFFICKING FOR POSSESSING MEDICAL MARIJUANA, WHICH WAS PRESCRIBED BY A DOCTOR IN THE U.S. HE’S GRATEFUL FOR EVERY MOMENT THAT HE IS ALIVE, BUT WE ALL HAVE TO UNDERSTAND. SO THIS IS A 30 YEAR LONG ILLNESS THAT HE HAD SUFFERED FROM. HE HAD MULTIPLE SURGERIES, AND EVEN IN THE BEST OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES, WITHOUT THE PROPER MEDICAL TREATMENT, HIS CONDITION WILL CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE. SO IMAGINE THIS HAPPENING IN A RUSSIAN PRISON CAMP. ATTORNEY SASHA AND EDWARD PHILLIPS SAID A NOW DISMISSED LAWSUIT FILED ON BEHALF OF MORPHINE FOGEL, MARK’S MOTHER, WHICH INTENDED TO REQUIRE SECRETARY BLINKEN TO REVIEW MARK’S CASE UNDER THE LEVINSON ACT, APPLIED PRESSURE ALONG WITH THE CONTINUED PUSH FROM THE FOGEL FAMILY AND MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. THE DESIGNATION COMING AS A RELIEF TO MARK’S FAMILY. BUT MARK’S SISTER ANNE SAID THERE IS NO TIME TO REST IN THEIR EFFORTS TO BRING MARK HOME, ALTHOUGH WE DO FEEL THAT WE HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE INCOMING ADMINISTRATION, WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE’S SO MUCH GOING ON IN THE WORLD, AND THE SQUEAKY WHEEL GETS THE GREASE, AND WE WANT TO REMIND THEM THAT WE’RE WAITING, WE’RE WAITING, WE’RE WAITING. AND THE FAMILY STRESSING. THIS COULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT THE PUSH FROM MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, SEVERAL OF THEM SHARING THEIR RESPONSE TONIGHT TO THIS DESIGNATION. YOU CAN READ THEIR COMMENTS ON THIS STORY ON OUR WTAE APP.