A secret plan for navy seals to plant a listening device in north korea in 2019 fell apart when they were spotted by fishermen. How did a top secret u.s Military mission into north korea fall apart Npr's a martinez speaks with dave philipps, a national correspondent for the new york times, about what went wrong in the. The covert operation, never disclosed to congress, has since raised legal and strategic concerns about us special operations oversight. Two to three civilians on a north korean fishing boat were believed to be unarmed and diving for shellfish, sources familiar with the mission said.
A 2019 mission in north korea, which intended to have navy seals plant an electronic device to intercept communications of the country’s leader kim jong un, resulted in an unsuccessful operation. The operation failed when the team encountered a small boat (possibly shellfishermen.
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