question about US citizen in N Korea / secret team ?

[loumeinhart 0]

This story on cnn about a guy from Massachusetts being held in N Korea. This is a quote from the article:

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State Department secretly sent a team to visit Gomes earlier this month but was not able to get him released.

So is this like an At-eam type thing? Are they armed? Military guys? Politicians? Redcross? I understand Pres Clinton showing up last year, but what would guarantee a "secret" team's safety?

[wolfriverjoe 1,523]

The team would be a bunch of diplomats and bureacrats (sp?) to try and negotiate the release.
The "secret" part is that nobody but the two governments involved knew about it to prevent any media coverage (and resulting pronouncements from misguided idiots) that would quite probably destroy any chances for success.

They would be a diplomatic mission from the US, just like Clinton was. They would be safe, as long as they didn't do anything stupid, like break the laws there or try to spy.

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[JohnRich 4]

Not to worry, Jimmy Carter is on the case!
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2010/0824/Jimmy-Carter-s-North-Korea-visit-Can-he-repeat-Bill-Clinton-s-success

[christelsabine 1]

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Not to worry, Jimmy Carter is on the case!
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2010/0824/Jimmy-Carter-s-North-Korea-visit-Can-he-repeat-Bill-Clinton-s-success

To do what?

That guy voluntarily and against local laws crossed the North Korean border.

What are *you* doing with aliens like that crossing your borders?

How do you intend to change N. Korean laws for entering borders illegally?

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[rhaig 0]

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That guy voluntarily and against local laws crossed the North Korean border.

What are *you* doing with aliens like that crossing your borders?

putting them in buses and driving them back where they came from. I think none of this would be an issue if North Korea did that.

you were trying to draw a parallel?

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Rob

[Andy9o8 2]

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What are *you* doing with aliens like that crossing your borders?

Giving them a wide berth, for the most part.

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[turtlespeed 226]

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What are *you* doing with aliens like that crossing your borders?

Giving them a wide berth, for the most part.

http://www.greatsataninc.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/BLM-Warning-Sign1.jpg

That's a good way to ignore the problem.

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[Andy9o8 2]

hey, i like my one-liners. get w/the program.

[muff528 3]

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Not to worry, Jimmy Carter is on the case!
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2010/0824/Jimmy-Carter-s-North-Korea-visit-Can-he-repeat-Bill-Clinton-s-success

To do what?

That guy voluntarily and against local laws crossed the North Korean border.

What are *you* doing with aliens like that crossing your borders?

How do you intend to change N. Korean laws for entering borders illegally?

Well, *we* give them jobs, medical care, home loans, and other public aid..... no questions asked! Then *we* would confer citizenship upon any of their children who are born here. Wait! he's from Massachusetts? ....We'd probably just turn him over to Jimmy Carter.

[JohnRich 4]

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Not to worry, Jimmy Carter is on the case!
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2010/0824/Jimmy-Carter-s-North-Korea-visit-Can-he-repeat-Bill-Clinton-s-success

To do what?
That guy voluntarily and against local laws crossed the North Korean border.
What are *you* doing with aliens like that crossing your borders?
How do you intend to change N. Korean laws for entering borders illegally?

Why are you asking me these questions?
Please direct them to Jimmy Carter.

[loumeinhart 0]

Knowing I'd be left to rot (skydiver from Akron), I'd escape, low crawl through the terrain, arrive home a celebrity. Then go on the "View", bitch slap Whoopie and make out with Elizabeth..