Several Korean citizens were killed in a espionage operation of the American Elite Corps Navy Seals at the beginning of 2019. That writes The New York Times Friday based on conversations with about twenty initiates.
The US president commissioned commands to place eavesdropping equipment on North Korean soil, in the run-up to negotiations with the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un about the possible dismantling of the Pyongyang nuclear program in February 2019.
The American secret service did not succeed in recruiting spies that could get close to the North Korean leader. Partly with a view to the negotiations, that poor information position was experienced as a problem.
The Navy Seals Team Six engaged, which was responsible for killing Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden in 2011, the equipment did not ultimately posted. During the operation with mini-submarines, the commands received a North Korean boat in sight, which was seen as a potential threat, after which the Americans shot all the people on board. Then the soldiers blew the action.
The United States and North Korea never commented on the operation in 2019. Trump has also not informed important congress members who supervise intelligence operations before or after the mission, according to the insiders. According to the American newspaper, withholding that information may be in violation of American law. The White House did not respond to the issue, according to The Times.
The sources contacted The New York Timesbecause they do not want citizens and policy makers to think that all American operations are ‘successful’, the newspaper writes. The secret operation in North Korea could have led to resentment in the North Korean nuclear power, the initiates say.
With the cooperation of Boris Bouwman