James Clapper on North Korea Sending Medical Bill of Otto Warmbier: They Want Money No Matter How Obscene It Is

RUSH EXCERPT:

CLAPPER: “Well, you know, if we did — if this administration did agree, I think that that really is extremely bad precedent because what it means is that atchoosing, north Koreans can choose to hold American citizen hostage for a big ransom. And they’re not above doing that. I mean, it’s just — their singleminded drive for generating hard currency, and they’ll look for every opportunity, every excuse to do it no matter how completely inappropriate and obscene that it is. So I think — you know, offer advice that nobody will listen to, you know, just you need to be realistic about North Korea and the nature of that regime.”