Journalists released from North Korea prison

By Frank Girardot on August 4, 2009 1:14 PM | Permalink | Comments (1) |

Former President Bill Clinton is aboard a plane with two journalists freed after a harrowing experience in North Korean custody. Here's the Boston Globe story:

LONDON (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has granted a "special pardon" to two jailed U.S. journalists which releases them from detention, the official KCNA news agency reported on Tuesday.

1 Comments

Dubya said:

Damn that Bill Clinton is persuasive negotiating with our enemies, The Decider would have gotten those girls killed.

August 4, 2009 5:51 PM

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