Did some digging today (first dig). Searched qresear.ch first and didn't see this talked about.

We know that Schmidt went to NK in 2013. According to the AP "Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt will be traveling to North Korea on a private trip led by former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson" "LED BY" had me curious.

Back in Jun 1994, Jimmy Carter went to NK to meet Kim Il Sung and they agreed to return to the negotiating table. On 8 Jul, on the day negotiations were set to begin, "Kim Il Sung dies suddenly of a heart attack " [not suspicious at all]

On 11 Dec 1994, two politicians arrived in Pyongyang, Frank Murkowski [Lisa's father] and Paul Martin Simon. 6 days later Bill Richardson and "other members" arrived in NK. On that same day, a US helicopter "either crashed or was shot down". David Hilemon (29) was killed and Bobby Hall (28) was taken into captivity. "Richardson, who happened to be in North Korea at the time, helped negotiate the repatriation of Hilemon’s body."

Richardson has a non-profit - the Richardson Center for Global Engagement. They "work independently from the U.S. or other governments, using what Richardson calls “informal diplomacy.” https://www.richardsondiplomacy.org. One staff that jumped out, Vice President and Executive Director Mickey Bergman. He was Executive Director of the Global Alliances Program at the Aspen Institute and consultant to the Clinton Global Initiative. Bergman is a former paratrooper in the Israel Defense Forces and was one of the negotiators who helped free Otto Warmbier.

Some sauce:

http://www.apimages.com/metadata/Index/Watchf-AP-I-PRK-APHSKNS199412003063-North-Korea-/57c7288365cc4b1d8d7fc23b232f5a49/58/0 [I'm curious who these other members are]

http://www.apimages.com/metadata/Index/Watchf-AP-I-PRK-APHSKNS199412003061-North-Korea-/e17a26f4ff214e9cbf1417631e01911c/57/0

https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/representative-bill-richardson-of-new-mexico-stands-with-news-photo/51966986

https://www.vox.com/world/2017/7/3/15893426/negotiator-north-korea-mickey-bergman-otto-warmbier-richardson-center