I'd like to tell him to clap off.
Posted on 11/09/2014 4:17:23 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster
White House: No diplomatic outreach in Clapper’s visit to North Korea
By Kyle Balluck - 11/09/14 06:30 AM EST
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper went to North Korea with the “sole purpose” of obtaining the release of Americans Kenneth Bae and Matthew Todd Miller, according to a senior administration official.
The official spoke to reporters traveling with President Obama early Sunday morning before Air Force One took off for the president’s Asia trip.
“It was not to pursue any diplomatic opening,” the official said, according to a pool reporter, adding that Clapper was selected for the secret mission because of his background in Korean issues. Clapper’s background in national security, and not diplomacy, kept the mission out of the realm of diplomacy, the official said.
The official said Clapper, who carried a brief letter from Obama to Kim Jong-un, did not meet the North Korean leader during his roughly day-long stay in North Korea. Officials in Pyongyang had requested a senior American official when they called several weeks ago to raise the possibility of the Americans' release, the White House official said.
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So he wrote a letter to Kim. What does he promise? He also wrote to Iran's Khamenei a while back.
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That'll teach us to embarrass Obama with our votes.
Clapper is INEPT and over his head.....surprised the doofus could even write a SHORT letter!! Liar Democrat.....I know, that’s redundant.
I guess Clapper just went “for the waters”.
Who wouldn’t want to see the “Gateway to Pyongyang”.
Clapper is also somewhat the to left of the North Koreans. Typical Obama appointee.
Does surrender count?
As posted earlier, my guess is that we gave them out top line Missile technology with the promise they will never use it. With Obozo and his crew of Big Top Characters, it isn’t far fetched.
Barbra Striesand! Every time a diplomatic meeting of this sort occurs what is not made public is always more significant than what is.
Most likely it was a check for several million dollars.
Obama certainly has some interesting pen pals these days.
EEEW the clapper?
That STD disease LOL!
I'd like to tell him to clap off.
Yeah that clapper you can still get at Walgreens or CVS
Ok, OK - what did NK ask for and what did the US cough up??
NK does not release anyone without some kind of a payoff. Same for the two released last week.
There’s more to this story.
What did we give the Norks for the release of these men ?
Hmmm I don’t like this.
this admin never ever tells the truth
Probably more likely “Billion with a “B”.
Any one else notice everything Obama asks for lately has been “$5 Billion Dollars”
Don’t be shocked if Mr Ronery’s son just pocketed $5 Billion.
Active Duty ping.
Stay safe.
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