I really enjoy the McCain tweets!
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/north-korea-deport-american-it-claims-was-directed-cia-n937061
North Korea to deport American who claims he was directed by CIA
The U.S., South Korea and others have accused North Korea of using foreign detainees to wrest diplomatic concessions.
Image: Otto Frederick Warmbier
Otto Warmbier, a University of Virginia student, died last year after being detained in North Korea.Kyodo / Reuters file
Nov. 16, 2018, 5:15 AM EST / Updated Nov. 16, 2018, 5:17 AM EST
By Associated Press
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Friday that it will deport an American citizen it detained one month ago for illegally entering the country.
Image: Kim Jong Un
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Nov. 5.KCNA VIA KNS / AFP - Getty Images
The announcement suggests that North Korea still wants to maintain the mood for dialogue with the United States despite stalled nuclear diplomacy. In the past, North Korean often held American citizens it arrested for similar charges for an extended period before high-profile U.S. figures travelled to Pyongyang to secure their freedom.
On Friday, the Korean Central News Agency said the U.S. citizen was detained on Oct. 16 for illegally entering the country from China. It said the U.S. citizen told investigators that he was under the direction of the Central Intelligence Agency.
It said North Korea decided to deport him but did not say why and when. North Korea didn't immediately release the English spelling of the man's name.
In May, North Korea released three American detainees in a goodwill gesture weeks before leader Kim Jong Un's summit with President Donald Trump in Singapore in June. The three Americans returned home on a flight with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
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Their release was a striking contrast to the fate of Otto Warmbier, an American university student who died last year days after he was released from North Korea in a coma after 17 months in captivity. Warmbier and other previous American detainees in the North were imprisoned there over a variety of alleged crimes, including subversion, anti-state activities and spying.
Warmbier was a rare Western detainee who was released in rough shape — the vast majority of Americans detained by the North came out in relatively good condition. The North has denied accusations that it tortured Warmbier, saying it provided medical care "with all sincerity" as his health worsened and was surprised by Warmbier's death. He had been accused of stealing a propaganda poster.
EXCLUSIVE: Otto Warmbier's father speaks out
Feb. 10, 201800:36
The United States, South Korea and others have accused North Korea of using foreign detainees to wrest diplomatic concessions. Some foreigners have said after their release that their declarations of guilt had been coerced while in North Korean custody.
After a series of provocative nuclear and missile tests last year that fueled fears of war, North Korea entered talks with the United States and South Korea early this year with a vague commitment to nuclear disarmament. But nuclear diplomacy has reported no major breakthrough since the Kim-Trump summit, the first such meeting between North Korea and the United States.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/north-korea-deport-american-it-claims-was-directed-cia-n937061
North Korea to deport American who claims he was directed by CIA
The U.S., South Korea and others have accused North Korea of using foreign detainees to wrest diplomatic concessions.
Image: Otto Frederick Warmbier
Otto Warmbier, a University of Virginia student, died last year after being detained in North Korea.Kyodo / Reuters file
Nov. 16, 2018, 5:15 AM EST / Updated Nov. 16, 2018, 5:17 AM EST
By Associated Press
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Friday that it will deport an American citizen it detained one month ago for illegally entering the country.
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The announcement suggests that North Korea still wants to maintain the mood for dialogue with the United States despite stalled nuclear diplomacy. In the past, North Korean often held American citizens it arrested for similar charges for an extended period before high-profile U.S. figures travelled to Pyongyang to secure their freedom.
On Friday, the Korean Central News Agency said the U.S. citizen was detained on Oct. 16 for illegally entering the country from China. It said the U.S. citizen told investigators that he was under the direction of the Central Intelligence Agency.
It said North Korea decided to deport him but did not say why and when. North Korea didn't immediately release the English spelling of the man's name.
In May, North Korea released three American detainees in a goodwill gesture weeks before leader Kim Jong Un's summit with President Donald Trump in Singapore in June. The three Americans returned home on a flight with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
Their release was a striking contrast to the fate of Otto Warmbier, an American university student who died last year days after he was released from North Korea in a coma after 17 months in captivity. Warmbier and other previous American detainees in the North were imprisoned there over a variety of alleged crimes, including subversion, anti-state activities and spying.
Warmbier was a rare Western detainee who was released in rough shape — the vast majority of Americans detained by the North came out in relatively good condition. The North has denied accusations that it tortured Warmbier, saying it provided medical care "with all sincerity" as his health worsened and was surprised by Warmbier's death. He had been accused of stealing a propaganda poster.
The United States, South Korea and others have accused North Korea of using foreign detainees to wrest diplomatic concessions. Some foreigners have said after their release that their declarations of guilt had been coerced while in North Korean custody.
After a series of provocative nuclear and missile tests last year that fueled fears of war, North Korea entered talks with the United States and South Korea early this year with a vague commitment to nuclear disarmament. But nuclear diplomacy has reported no major breakthrough since the Kim-Trump summit, the first such meeting between North Korea and the United States.
His bizarre confession appears almost theatrical — either to play the part of a cooperative puppet prisoner before North Korean officials, because he was under severe duress, or both.
In it he included a rather odd explanation for his motives in stealing the propaganda banner in the first place — to impress the Z Society, a secret philanthropic society at UVA that has close ties to the CIA (according to Warmbier’s confession).
Here’s how Warmbier explained the motive of his “severe” crime to DPRK officials:
“I will now discuss the Z Society, and its encouragement of my crime.
The Z Society is the most secret organization at the UVA. All members and activities are strictly confidential. I first came to know of the Z Society in September 2013, when I first started at the university. I saw large Z crests painted on all the buildings of the compound. You can see them if you visit the University of Virginia… I was told that they’re from the Z Society, since the society donates millions of dollars to the university. The Z Society has around ten student members currently and after graduation they all go on to become very wealthy, with jobs in politics, business, and religion. Members of the Z Society include former US president Woodrow Wilson and a former head of the CIA. The stated objective of the Z Society is to spread freedom and eliminate tyranny. In order to become members, they must have good grades, and leadership, and most importantly, they must commit a brave act to help with the society’s stated objective. Once again, all members and activities are strictly confidential. It is, well, clear that the Z Society knew of my good grades and leadership. It is also clear that they knew that I would eagerly want to join the society in order to solve my family’s desperate financial problems. Because of this the Z Society expected me to commit a brave act to help eliminate tyranny. In order to prove my braveness to the Z Society I committed my crime in the DPR Korea with hopes of joining the Z Society. As you know from the Cold War era example, the CIA has always been leading anti-communism in every place in the world. There is no doubt that the CIA knows of the Z Society’s encouragement of my crime. Lastly, I want to clearly state that I was the political victim of the United States’ consistent hostile policy against the DPR Korea.”
https://nextshark.com/otto-warmbier-north-korea-z-society/