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CIA: North Korea Blew Nuke Test

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Posted on Mar 27, 2007

A South Korean newspaper has quoted CIA Director Michael Hayden as saying “the United States does not recognize North Korea as a nuclear weapons state. ... It’s because the nuclear test last year was a failure.” Hayden reportedly made the comment while speaking with a South Korean defense official. The administration has said in the past it was uncertain of the test’s success.


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North Korea’s nuclear test last October was a failure and gives no credence to Pyongyang’s claim to being a nuclear weapons state, U.S. CIA Director Michael Hayden was quoted as saying by a South Korean newspaper on Wednesday.

North Korea said in October it had successfully conducted an underground nuclear test. U.S. and South Korean officials and experts have said the blast produced a relatively low-yield explosion, and some questioned the North’s nuclear capability.

“The United States does not recognize North Korea as a nuclear weapons state,” Hayden was quoted as saying by a South Korean defense official in the JoongAng Ilbo newspaper. “It’s because the nuclear test last year was a failure.”

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By TJ Welch, November 13, 2007 at 9:38 pm Link to this comment
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Who is worried?  Hayden’s comment was really an answer to a press question, asking if the U.S. considered North Korea a nuclear power.  He stated the U.S. position, which is that it was a failure.  Regardless, India and Pakistan both filmed their test to show the world.  If you ain’t got no pictures, you ain’t got no nuke!

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By Quy Tran, March 28, 2007 at 1:34 pm Link to this comment
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North Korea’s last year nuclear test was a failure so why you guys look so worry ? We never trust what did CIA say but look at what does CIA do. CIA’s were lying by birth !

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