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Travis King told officials he wouldn’t ‘return to America’ nearly a year before fleeing to North Korea
The New York Post ^ | 07/22/2023 | Matthew Sedacca

Posted on 07/22/2023 1:27:00 PM PDT by thegagline

American soldier Travis King had shown signs of possibly defecting from the Army nearly a year before he fled into North Korean territory, telling military officials while serving in South Korea that he would not “return to post or America.”

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It was not the first sign of trouble for the Wisconsin native, who was facing assault allegations over a fight at a club on Sept. 25.

[On] Sept. 4, while serving at Camp Bonifas near the southern end of the Demilitarized Zone that separates North and South Korea, King skipped out on his daily formation and took off to a nearby city, ***

When the base managed to reach King, who served as a cavalry scout, he “refused to return to post or America,” a U.S. official told the outlet.

*** Asked whether Pyongyang might torture King, Blinken said: “There are certainly concerns based on what we’ve seen in the past and the way that North Korea has treated those it’s detained.”

King, an Army Private 2nd Class, was scheduled to return to the United States on Monday but managed to slip past his military escort and was seen wearing civilian clothes during a tour of the Joint Security Area inside the DMZ.

US officials said King had made a “deliberate decision” to enter North Korea, but have yet to explain how he managed to outsmart his handlers at Incheon International Airport — and make it all the way to the village of Panmunjom inside the DMZ the next day.

King, who reportedly shouted “ha ha ha” during his mad dash into North Korea, was heading to Fort Bliss after spending nearly two months at a South Korean detention center over the assault charge.

He faced a dishonorable discharge from the Army over his conviction, a defense source said.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: assault; awol; crime; desertion; fedsdroptheballagain; korea; travisking; wisconsin
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To: thegagline

wait up now, his mom says he would not do this.


21 posted on 07/22/2023 2:21:48 PM PDT by ronniesgal (friends don't let friends be Kardashians)
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To: thegagline
Travis came from an impoverished fambley.

They were too poor to afford apostrophes, ‘q’, ‘j’ or ‘x’ when they named him.

22 posted on 07/22/2023 2:23:41 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: Rlsau1

Yeah


23 posted on 07/22/2023 2:29:04 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: thegagline

That should be 184,000 won not 584,000.


24 posted on 07/22/2023 2:29:15 PM PDT by eastforker (All in, I'm all Trump,what you got!)
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To: eastforker

I am in dis belief. 50 years ago, 1 dollar was worth 400 won, now it is worth 1286? What the hell happened?


25 posted on 07/22/2023 2:34:52 PM PDT by eastforker (All in, I'm all Trump,what you got!)
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To: RetiredTexasVet

I bet the MPs couldn’t escort him to the plane. Probably got stopped at security and couldn’t go any further because they didn’t have a ticket.

Thank 9/11 security theater for that.

Law of unintended consequences.


26 posted on 07/22/2023 2:36:27 PM PDT by sloanrb
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To: eastforker

My friends do any of you think any US government official can openly sympathize with what the rest of us Americas think? The guy’s trash and they’ll get him back-public pressure. He’s now a ‘victim’. Obama traded Bergdahl for 5 terrorists. Was Bergdahl really an outstanding troop? The POTUS has to put this embarrassing issue away. That means ‘get it done’ and make the US look bad.


27 posted on 07/22/2023 2:40:39 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (e allowed )
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To: beethovenfan

Maybe they will feed him to the pack of dogs. This guy mustn’t be too smart. He willingly entered a country that imprisons its population. I bet he’s enjoying himself right now.


28 posted on 07/22/2023 2:41:37 PM PDT by Rdct29 (The Democrats Are The New Nazi Party )
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To: thegagline

Let him stay in the DPRK.


29 posted on 07/22/2023 2:44:06 PM PDT by null and void (Intelligence has limits, while gullibility doesn't. ~ SunkenCiv)
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To: thegagline

I don’t know what this guy’s MOS was. He could have been a grunt (infantry) without access to sensitive/classified information. Or he could have been in, for example, INSCOM (Intelligence and Security Command) where he might have knowledge of highly classified information that the NORKS would love to get from him.


30 posted on 07/22/2023 2:47:44 PM PDT by Signalman (3)
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To: thegagline

When he made those statements he should have been sent back immediately. Why wasn’t he??


31 posted on 07/22/2023 2:50:13 PM PDT by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!)
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To: thegagline

The more I hear about him, the more he sounds like a nut case


32 posted on 07/22/2023 3:02:38 PM PDT by nuconvert ( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
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To: nuconvert

Guess Travis King never heard of Otto Warmer.


33 posted on 07/22/2023 3:20:02 PM PDT by donozark (I'm so old I can remember when Motel 6 was actually $6.)
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To: thegagline

Let him pay with his health, assuming he ever gets back. His rodeo, his clowns.


34 posted on 07/22/2023 3:21:20 PM PDT by IllumiNaughtyByNature (The kernel of our firm's job is to go with lots. - tnlibertarian job offer letter)
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To: thegagline

I’d love to be a fly on the wall when he tries to slug some North Korean official. He’ll find that they don’t coddle thugs there.


35 posted on 07/22/2023 4:02:38 PM PDT by KittyKares
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To: Signalman

I ask in ignorance; are privates second class (with apparent problems) routinely given access to highly classified info?


36 posted on 07/22/2023 4:11:07 PM PDT by hanamizu
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To: thegagline

Most North Koreans are starving. This will be one of those times when a Pygmy cannibal is eaten. /spit


37 posted on 07/22/2023 4:46:44 PM PDT by Flavious_Maximus (Tony Fauci will be put on death row and die of COVID!)
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To: cherry

Right you are! He is a faggot.


38 posted on 07/22/2023 5:00:06 PM PDT by BatGuano (2020 = Stolen Election. Believe it! Molon Labe.)
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To: cherry

He does kind of have that look about him. Maybe the twin light sources make him look like he is wearing eye shadow. But these days maybe eye shadow is OK


39 posted on 07/22/2023 5:04:32 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Makes me wonder if we have any detained Nork spies that the Dems want to trade, like they did with the Iranians caught in Iraq, with Taliban to the Haqqanis,and with the Cuban terrorist cell, etc.

Convicted spies are like the emergency oil reserves... whenever Democrats get into power they cannot wait to trade them off.


40 posted on 07/22/2023 5:09:17 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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