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https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-an...ve-held-secret-talks-for-a-decade-11548091335
Years of covert contacts with America’s bitter adversary helped pave the way for President Trump’s summit with Kim Jong Un
WASHINGTON—U.S. intelligence officials have met with North Korean counterparts secretly for a decade, a covert channel that allowed communications during tense times, aided in the release of detainees and helped pave the way for President Trump’s historic summit last year with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
The secret channel between the Central Intelligence Agency and spies from America’s bitter adversary included two missions to Pyongyang in 2012 during the Obama administration by Michael Morell, then deputy CIA director,...[paywall]
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Interesting to find out what has actually been going on. Usually we use indirect contacts through neutral country's embassies, such as Switzerland.
FWIW, my brother-in-law just retired from the Company & knew Mike Morell. My relative is very even tempered but he had nothing good to say in describing this guy. He referred to him as a type of reptile familiar to Adam & Eve. See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Morell.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Company
Years of covert contacts with America’s bitter adversary helped pave the way for President Trump’s summit with Kim Jong Un
WASHINGTON—U.S. intelligence officials have met with North Korean counterparts secretly for a decade, a covert channel that allowed communications during tense times, aided in the release of detainees and helped pave the way for President Trump’s historic summit last year with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
The secret channel between the Central Intelligence Agency and spies from America’s bitter adversary included two missions to Pyongyang in 2012 during the Obama administration by Michael Morell, then deputy CIA director,...[paywall]
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Interesting to find out what has actually been going on. Usually we use indirect contacts through neutral country's embassies, such as Switzerland.
FWIW, my brother-in-law just retired from the Company & knew Mike Morell. My relative is very even tempered but he had nothing good to say in describing this guy. He referred to him as a type of reptile familiar to Adam & Eve. See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Morell.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Company
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