• DoctorTYVM@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Yeah, they are not known for just letting go of someone for no reason. This guy must have been dusty balls useless

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        He probably gave them all the info he had on his first day. After that he wasn’t valuable as an intel asset. The only other thing he offered was a bargaining chip which NK found out was not much of one. At that point it was just easier for NK to cut their losses and turn him over to the US.

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    I have a feeling he’s going to wish he was back in NK very soon, if he doesn’t already. No matter the consequences he was running from to begin with, the consequences for causing an international incident and trying to defect to a hostile country are guaranteed to be worse.

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      Leavenworth is probably better than North Korea, but it’s definitely close. He’ll at least be fed in Leavenworth.