A South Korean man who met with John Kerry's fund-raisers to discuss creating a new political group for Korean-Americans was an intelligence agent for his country, raising concerns among some U.S. officials that either he or his government may have tried to influence this fall's election.
South Korean officials and U.S. officials told The Associated Press that Chung Byung-Man, a consular officer in Los Angeles, actually worked for South Korea's National Intelligence Service.
A spokesman for the South Korean consulate office said Chung was sent home in May amid "speculation" he became involved with the Kerry campaign and Democratic Party through contacts with fund-raiser Rick Yi and that his identity couldn't be discussed further.
"According to international tradition, we cannot identify, we cannot say who he is, because he is intelligence people," spokesman Min Ryu said.
Matt's Chat
What is that fascination that Democrats have with Asian spies? Are they that desperate for funding?Should Kerry win (God forbid), we'll have to keep tabs on South Korea. Probably wouldn't hurt to do that anyway, actually...
Mark's Remarks
Perhaps South Korea should keep tabs on its intel operatives, as this sounds like it was a rogue agent....You know, maybe they should check to see if he knows Kim Jong Il, who reary reary rikes John Kerry....
I am amazed that Democrats want to get money from foreign sources for campaigns, and then expect us to believe they won't take that money into consideration when making decisions.
I guess it is the same old thing with the Clintonistas in Kerry's campaign as it was with Willie and Al--who cares where the money comes from as long as we line our pockets and win power!
