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U.S. Used NGO to Spy on North Korea

Including aid workers who didn’t know about plan.

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The U.S. military used a Christian group to spy on North Korea, according to an investigation by The Intercept. Lt. Gen. William “Jerry” Boykin used the Humanitarian International Services Group to test-ship Bibles to North Korea in a clothing aid package—to see if the same smuggling route could later be used for Pentagon spy equipment. Unwitting NGO employees were then used to transport the equipment around the country.

Read it at The Intercept

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