Posted on 11/06/2005 8:56:16 PM PST by sonsofliberty2000
A Korean-American who spent about eight years in jail for illegally passing U.S. military secrets to Seoul returned to South Korea on Sunday where he was given a heroes' welcome.
Robert Kim was greeted by scores of reporters and well-wishers upon his arrival at Inchon airport near Seoul. Supporters cheered his arrival and one held a placard that read "Our country loves you."
Kim, a computer specialist who had worked at the U.S. naval intelligence office, is scheduled to meet with Nobel Peace Prize winner and former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung. A U.S. court convicted Kim of illegally passing classified information on North Korean arms exports and other military matters to South Korean embassy officials in Washington.
Kim was able to leave the United States after a probation period that was part of his sentence ended in October. He was released from prison in 2004. "I think my case happened because the Korean peninsula is divided," he told a news conference at the airport. "I did it in the hope that I might help, even a little bit, this nation reunite."
Kim, a U.S. citizen born in South Korea, has many supporters in South Korea who feel he was working to make sure that the U.S. and South Korean allies shared information on North Korea.
Convicted spy to meet with President of our supposed ally. Nice.
Of course, at least Jimmy Carter won't be in attendance - or will he?
Is the Nobel Peace Prize the easiest way to identify an enemy of the US?
Wonder what the "other military matters" were about. It's hard to blame South Korea for wanting to know what North Korea is up to and I wonder why the US wasn't telling them.
didnt we used to shoot spies?
It would cost too many Congressmen their lives if we did that today.
*snicker*
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