And nobody wondered why he went to N. Korea?
He also went to Pakistan.
Pure speculation, but sometimes people with connections with a spook agency travel to Pakistan, at least.
And Turkey
Multiple visits
At least one observer noted his apparent professional military training in the actions he recorded on his video
I have read (but seen no confirmation) that he visited Turkey and Pakistan; and that one day after the shooting these countries both released photos of him.
If that is so (and again, I haven’t seen confirmation), then was he under surveillance? And if so, why?
Why did Eric Schmidt of Google travel to North Korea and set up a computer network?
North Korea wasn’t what people thought.