Article Claims U.S. Misrepresents North Korea Threat: NPR

[oldhat]

Article Claims U.S. Misrepresents North Korea Threat

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4233914
 
All Things Considered, December 17, 2004 · In the January issue of Foreign Affairs, Korea expert Selig Harrison accuses the White House of distorting the danger posed by North Korea's nuclear activities. "Relying on sketchy data, the Bush administration presented a worst-case scenario as an incontrovertible truth," Harrison writes. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly reports.

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[Cush]

1. What, the WH exaggerating again? I'm shocked!

that said, I do think that NK was/is a bigger threat than Iraq ever was

[oblivious]

2. The actual article is here. Defintely worth reading.

http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20050101faessay84109/selig-s-harrison/did-north-korea-cheat.html

Did North Korea Cheat?
By Selig S. Harrison
From Foreign Affairs, January/February 2005

Summary: Two years ago, Washington accused Pyongyang of running a secret nuclear weapons program. But how much evidence was there to back up the charge? A review of the facts shows that the Bush administration misrepresented and distorted the data-while ignoring the one real threat North Korea actually poses.