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Al Gore May Go to N. Korea to Free American Reporters
Fox News ^ | Friday, June 05, 2009 | Staff

Posted on 06/05/2009 3:23:28 AM PDT by WorkerbeeCitizen

Former Vice President Al Gore may be sent to North Korea to negotiate the release of two American journalists on trial, the AFP reported.

Laura Ling and Euna Lee, reporters for Gore's California-based Current TV, were arrested March 17 near the North Korean border while on a reporting trip to China on charges they entered the country illegally and engaged in "hostile acts" — allegations that could draw a 10-year sentence in a labor camp.

State Department spokesman Ian Kelly did not rule out the possibility of Gore being sent when asked if it would make sense for him to go.

"It's a very, very sensitive issue, I'm not going to go into it," Kelly told reporters. "This is such a sensitive issue, I'm just not going to go into those kinds of discussions that we may or may not have had," he said about whether Gore himself had raised the matter with the State Department.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: algore; currenttv; goretv; journalists; northkorea
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Without comment.
1 posted on 06/05/2009 3:23:28 AM PDT by WorkerbeeCitizen
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To: WorkerbeeCitizen

Can we just trade Al Gore for the two reporters?


2 posted on 06/05/2009 3:25:33 AM PDT by wafflehouse (RE-ELECT NO ONE !)
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To: WorkerbeeCitizen

I can’t imagine a less wise course of action, nor one less likely to work.


3 posted on 06/05/2009 3:26:22 AM PDT by Steel Wolf (Oh, well. Back to the drawing board....)
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To: Steel Wolf

I just thought the State Dept got a sense of humor - sadly not though.


4 posted on 06/05/2009 3:28:28 AM PDT by WorkerbeeCitizen (The only time I want a Republican reaching across the aisle is to smack a liberal.)
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To: wafflehouse

A fair trade, that.


5 posted on 06/05/2009 3:28:45 AM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: WorkerbeeCitizen

He’s only going because he heard reports of Manbearpig sightings.


6 posted on 06/05/2009 3:35:41 AM PDT by Darkwolf377
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To: WorkerbeeCitizen
Waiting for the words "keep" or "stay" to appear in 3...2...1...
7 posted on 06/05/2009 3:38:05 AM PDT by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias...!!)
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To: WorkerbeeCitizen

Oh great, North Korea is going to experience record breaking cold, most probably ice age weather. That, coupled with their already “wonderful” crop harvest doesn’t bode well for them.

Still no idea how he’s going to help release them.. threaten them with including them in the list of horrible carbon making nations?


8 posted on 06/05/2009 3:38:13 AM PDT by apollo861 (I am so gonna swallow your soul.)
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To: WorkerbeeCitizen

Will he be borrowing a “Rambo” costume from Sly?


9 posted on 06/05/2009 3:40:13 AM PDT by WayneS (Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
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To: wafflehouse

I like the way you think!


10 posted on 06/05/2009 3:40:35 AM PDT by WayneS (Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
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To: WorkerbeeCitizen

Gores Body could feed 100 Koreans for a week. Watch your back Man bear.


11 posted on 06/05/2009 3:42:19 AM PDT by DainBramage
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To: Darkwolf377

And to let then know he is on THEIR side in denouncing all the “greedy” folks in the US and Europe for causing “Global Warming/Cooling/Humidifying/deHumidifying/Climate McChange-a-lot”


12 posted on 06/05/2009 3:43:54 AM PDT by WayneS (Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
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To: WayneS

The Republicans really only have to do the political equivalent of walking and chewing gum at the same time and they’re in next year. The Dems simply can’t help themselves—they HAVE to take advantage of this political climate and trash the US before they do anything else. The voters will see it all for themselves, they won’t need negative ads to educate them about the Dems’ true hearts.


13 posted on 06/05/2009 3:46:39 AM PDT by Darkwolf377
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To: WorkerbeeCitizen

What took him so long. He’s been silent on these captures for all this time.

For shame!


14 posted on 06/05/2009 3:47:06 AM PDT by Carley (OBAMA IS A MALEVOLENT FORCE IN THE WORLD)
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To: WorkerbeeCitizen

"Move a rittal more to your reft, Al Gore"

15 posted on 06/05/2009 3:51:00 AM PDT by tx_eggman (Clinton was our first black President ... Obama is our first French President.)
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To: WorkerbeeCitizen

Didn’t they start the trials yesterday? I thought I read that on FR.


16 posted on 06/05/2009 3:58:07 AM PDT by calex59
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To: wafflehouse

I was just going to say something similar. Maybe we could PAY them to hold onto him?


17 posted on 06/05/2009 4:07:10 AM PDT by Nipfan (The desire to save humanity is always a false front for the urge to rule it - H L Mencken)
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To: TXnMA
Okay....

They are journalists. The Norks can keep them and Al Gore can stay in NoKo because we don't want him back either.

18 posted on 06/05/2009 4:08:19 AM PDT by nonliberal (Graduate: Curtis E. LeMay School of International Relations)
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To: WorkerbeeCitizen

If Fat Albert preaches his sermon on Globull Warming to their captors, it won’t be long before they’ll release them and pay them to leave the country.


19 posted on 06/05/2009 4:11:17 AM PDT by kittymyrib
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To: tx_eggman

Yes, this worked out so well for Hans Bwix!


20 posted on 06/05/2009 4:14:02 AM PDT by RightFighter (Sarah Palin - we love you and can't wait to see you again.)
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