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/begin my translationN. Korea: Nine N. Korean Defectors to U.S. Since '97 [Yonhap News 2005-10-07 23:48] (Seoul, Yonhap News) Kim Nam-kwon = It is now revealed that there are 9 N. Korean defectors in total, who escaped N. Korea and took political asylum in U.S..  Assemblyman Kwon Young-seh, a lawmaker of (opposition) Hannara Party, citing documents submitted to National Assembly by National Intelligence Service(NIS: S. Korean intelligence agency) during a closed-door session of (annual) congressional audit , disclosed, "From '97 up to this year, 27 N. Koreans applied for a political asylum, of whom 18 had their application rejected, and only...

Wed 13 Apr 2005 9:47am (UK) Naval Security Reviewed over Ship Intruder By Ben Mitchell, PA A review of security at a major UK naval base has been carried out after an alleged intruder was found on board a visiting US aircraft carrier, the Royal Navy said today. The alleged trespasser was discovered on board the USS Harry S Truman, anchored off Stokes Bay, Gosport, Hants, on Saturday night during a week-long visit to Portsmouth Naval Base. A navy spokesman said the man had allegedly passed through both Royal Navy security and US Navy security to get on board passenger...

A July 10, 2001 memo from a Phoenix FBI agent warning about terrorist suspects training at American flight schools was not shared with the Federal Aviation Administration until months after the Sept. 11 attacks. Claudio Manno, assistant under secretary for intelligence at the Transportation Security Administration, told lawmakers Tuesday that the FAA did not receive the so-called "Phoenix memo" until May of 2002. "I don't think there is a more graphic description of how dysfunctional this system is," said an incredulous Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.). "You can't explain that to the public, that something that important, that significant was available...