In Kim Jong-il Death, an Extensive Intelligence Failure - NYTimes.com

In Kim Jong-il Death, an Extensive Intelligence Failure - NYTimes.com: "For South Korean and American intelligence services to have failed to pick up any clues to this momentous development — panicked phone calls between government officials, say, or soldiers massing around Mr. Kim’s train — attests to the secretive nature of North Korea, a country not only at odds with most of the world but also sealed off from it in a way that defies spies or satellites."

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