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It began when an unknown man
from Denmark approached me

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with a proposition.

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This is him in his tiny apartment
in the outskirts of Copenhagen.

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If this was a piece of fiction,

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no-one would believe that
he would be meeting

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in Africa...

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You can walk in here no problem.

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..or going to the North Korean
embassy in Sweden

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to pick up secret documents.

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If something happened, embassy
does know nothing about this.

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Exactly.

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Everything you are about to see
is real,

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and has been going on for more
than ten years.

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This is him aged 14,
somewhere in Denmark.

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He is celebrating his birthday.

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Among the guests are children
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in the communist dictatorship
East Germany.

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Many years later, as a grown man,
he will claim that

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befriending these kids
and learning about the horrors

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of a totalitarian regime made him
decide to infiltrate and expose

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of all...

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..North Korea.

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It's a nice explanation, but exactly
why he chose to place himself

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in mortal danger is also
beside the point.

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What only matters here
is that he is a mole.

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to help me sort it out.

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Annie Machon is a contentious figure
in the intelligence world,

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but this does not concern me.

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I am only interested in her skills
in debriefing agents.

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So, Annie, the mole arrived
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Mm-hm.
And soon he's ready for you?

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Do you have concerns?

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Maybe...we should discuss that
after you have met the mole.

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Hi, Ulrich. I'm Annie.

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Hi, Annie. Nice to meet you.
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I used to work for the
British Security Service,

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otherwise known as MI5, and part of
my job as an intelligence officer

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was to debrief agents.

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So the film team has asked me in
to debrief you

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over the last ten years.

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Yes.

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Can you tell me a little bit more
about him? His background?

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Erm, you know,
if he would rob a bank,

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you would not be able
to describe him.

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He blends in. He blends in. Perfect.

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So, how did you get interested
in North Korea?

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Oh, it's a long story.

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It is a long story,
so I will speed it up.

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from Denmark, I went to North Korea

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and shot a documentary called
The Red Chapel.

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The regime in Pyongyang
really hated my film,

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and because of that, I can never
travel back to North Korea.

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the film has its moments,

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but it does not offer up
the smoking gun,

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the irrefutable proof
that North Korea is an evil

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and criminal enterprise.

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Ever since, I have been on a quest
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yet being forever banned
from the Chamber of Secrets.

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But back in Denmark, the man who I
prefer to call the mole saw my film,

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and somehow it gave him the idea
that he could travel

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to North Korea in my place.

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out of nowhere, he wrote and asked

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if I would be interested
in doing a film about him

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infiltrating the Danish North Korean
Friendship Association.

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So... I mean, what happened?

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Can you talk me through exactly
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and the sort of thought process
you were going through?

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I told him it could be of interest
if it would evolve to something

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of international importance,

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because the Danish North Korean
Friendship Association in itself

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group of people. Mm-hm.

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He said, "Please keep me posted
if it's interesting,"

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and I was like, "OK."

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I also told him, "I will never
be able to pay you any money,"

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so that is not of importance
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and then he just kept on going.

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The mole went down the rabbit hole
and discovered a bizarre world

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of Danish senior citizens
who are true friends of North Korea.

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MAN SPEAKS DANISH

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Slowly but surely,
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and became a member of the board,

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working under chairman
Anders Kristensen,

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a die-hard communist.

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Here you have him back in
his heyday, meeting with

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the founder of North Korea,
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grandfather of the current ruler,
Kim Jong-un.

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All the time, the mole was filming,
the excuse being that he was

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making movies for YouTube
about his work as a board member.

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So, how did things progress for you
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and on the board?

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The mole went to North Korea,

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and the North Koreans
took a liking to him.

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His main contact person in
North Korea was a man named Kang,

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who works for the Ministry of
Cultural Affairs.

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of deceit and intrigue.

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Everywhere he went in North Korea,
the mole was filming.

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Of course, he also brought his
camera when he was awarded a medal,

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recognising his work for the regime.

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OK, congratulations.
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So when did things really start
to move?

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Could you confirm that
this is a photograph of him?

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Amongst the friends of the regime
in Pyongyang,

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Alejandro Cao de Benos
is the biggest friend.

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such as the Danish North Korean
Friendship Association,

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the Korean Friendship Association
is the international lodge

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for people who consider North Korea
to be heaven on Earth.

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Alejandro Cao de Benos
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of the Korean Friendship Association

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and is known around the world
as the gatekeeper of North Korea.

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As such, Alejandro Cao de Benos
was my tour guide and access ticket

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when I travelled to North Korea
back in 2006.

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for a North Korean newspaper.

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Spending time with him, I found it
hard to understand why Alejandro,

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who was born in Spain
and lives in Spain,

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has chosen a life
as a cheerleader for North Korea.

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starves, abuses

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and kills its own citizens
on a daily basis,

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but Alejandro Cao de Benos
considers all that to be fake news.

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I also discovered that his preferred
foods are French pastry and candies,

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for a supervillain.

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Do you think Alejandro's dangerous?

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APPLAUSE

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You're a Spanish aristocrat

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representing the North Korean
regime. What's in it for you?

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APPLAUSE

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So you meet him in Pyongyang,
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and then your second meeting
is when you go to Spain. Yeah.

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Can you tell me a little bit
about that meeting?

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So what did Alejandro want from you?

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And so the mole began
channelling his way through

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hoping to find the secrets

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of this global club for friends
of Pyongyang.

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Advised by me, the mole had
a professional cameraman

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enrolled in KFA Denmark
as his personal assistant.

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personal aspects of your life?

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A lot of time because, in his real
life, the mole is a retired chef

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who lives on welfare subsidies
from the government

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because of some sort of
chronic disease

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He is married with children
and resides in the suburbs

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of Copenhagen, living
a seemingly normal life.

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As such, he is the best mole
you could ever want.

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MUSIC PLAYS

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That's quite a quick leap up.

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in that?

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This is Ulrich out of Copenhagen.
Here's what he had to say.

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So, Andre, he's really picking up
on that theme

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that Dermot had about a smear
against North Korea.

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his wife what he was doing?

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I don't think so. Mm.

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What did your wife say when you went
home smelling of that strange scent?

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Mm-hm.

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Why does Alejandro like the mole?
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Alejandro Cao de Benos begins
putting pressure on the mole.

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He wants him to source for
businessmen who will invest

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in North Korea.

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So the main part, really, is raising
business and investment. Yeah.

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back in 2013,

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the mole was already talking about
KFA president Alejandro Cao de Benos

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wanting him to find investors.

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But investing in North Korea
is tricky business

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because of the tough UN sanctions

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the cash-starved regime.

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NEWSREEL: The new sanctions
include a ban on exports of

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North Korean goods such as machinery
and electrical equipment.

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Since no-one in their right mind
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in order for the mole to find out

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what exactly Alejandro Cao de Benos
had in mind.

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I forgot to mention there is
another person involved in this.

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That person is Mr James.

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His real name is Jim,

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the role as Mr James,

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a man of international mystery.

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In real life, Jim is a former member
of the French Foreign Legion

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who later went on to become a jetset
cocaine pusher in Copenhagen.

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In the end, he was caught
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and now works and lives
as a legitimate businessman.

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In my mind, he was tailor-made
for extreme role-playing.

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So I had the mole invite Alejandro
to come to Oslo in Norway

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for meeting with the man
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Mr James, a dapper Scandinavian
oil billionaire.

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So how did you set it up?

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Mm-hm.

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What kind of investments
into North Korea

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would President Alejandro Cao de
Benos have on offer for Mr James?

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KNOCK ON DOOR

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Sorry, just to interrupt,

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but what sort of cover story
had you developed for James?

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I mean, Alejandro presumably would
have done some checking

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on the background of James.

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Did he discuss what types of
business he would be looking for?

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Meeting with President
Alejandro Cao de Benos in Oslo

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gave a whole new perspective on
the Korean Friendship Association

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because, officially, the KFA
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which works to promote North Korean
culture, history and values

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through its members in more than
30 different countries...

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..including the official delegate
for all of Scandinavia,

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the mole.

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as a front for dealing with weapons
and drugs from North Korea,

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with Alejandro as the spider
in the web?

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Or was Alejandro Cao de Benos
playing us in order to get to

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the deep pockets of Mr James?

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Simply a buffoonish braggart
acting as a useful idiot

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for the regime in Pyongyang?

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Or was he a highly connected
and sophisticated

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international criminal?

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At last, the mole had found his real
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follow the lead of
Alejandro Cao de Benos

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and see where it takes us.

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So, what happened
after this meeting?

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For the first time ever,
the brave soldiers of the KFA

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would have their annual meeting
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a perfect chance for the mole
to rise in the ranks.

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PHONE RINGS

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Next, the mole and Mr James
went to Madrid in Spain

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to meet with Alejandro Cao de Benos.

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Through me, Mr James had an order
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as well as methamphetamine.

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Would the president of the
Korean Friendship Association

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be open for business,

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now that he was being investigated
for arms trafficking?

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So, Alejandro took James entirely
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And what was that story?

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So, at this meeting in Madrid...
Yeah.

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..does James give any ideas about
why he wants, why he's interested

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in buying this sort of materiel?

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At this point, he's stuck in
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But he can organise your trip
with James to North Korea.

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Going on a secret mission
to North Korea

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calls for careful planning,

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so I had my first in-person meeting
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making sure that Mr James especially

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knew the most important rules
of the game.

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Hi, Jim. I'm Annie.
Pleasure to meet you.

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Lovely to meet you, too.

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If we can keep the answers
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and as precise as possible,
that would be appreciated. Sure.

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So, what was your perception
of the possible risk at this point?

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SHE LAUGHS
Erm...

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I was also worried for the mole.

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around the block.

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He could fend for himself.

251
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But what about the mole?

252
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He was just a retired chef.

253
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So, I took him to see a teacher
who could give him a crash course

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in what is known as "tradecraft"
among spies.

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a former CIA agent.

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If he makes a mistake,
he could find himself...

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..tied up in the centre of town
with a blowtorch...

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..as an example
for nobody else to do that.

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So...

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with the identity and secrets
of the mole? It's a good question.

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Max had been fired from
the Central Intelligence Agency

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and was not in good standing
with the company any more,

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which made it safer to trust him.

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Why?

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OK, yep.

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Anyway, I was in need of someone
who could teach the mole the ropes

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before he returned to North Korea.

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If somebody's holding a gun on you,

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you're not going to expect them
to...take it away.

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is a split-second edge.

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And besides, as the saying goes,

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who can you trust these days?

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Observation skills.

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What I say, what's common
is common... Yeah.

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..and what ain't, ain't.

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that's usual for the area,

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OK, that's normal.

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If something stands out,
it stands out for a reason,

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so you've got to be aware
of your surroundings.

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You might as well give them
your phone and say,

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that's how easy it is nowadays.

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You have to assume they can read
all of your messages.

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So, when they look at
your emails accounts,

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they can go way, way, way,
way, way back.

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They're going to feel like
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You didn't really believe
in...socialism or communism.

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You didn't really believe
in North Korea as a place to go.

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You didn't really believe it.

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That was all just...
You were a mole.

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a trap for you.

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So, like, when they walk out of
the room and leave papers,

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don't touch them,
don't go near them.

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Then, they can say, "Oh, we knew
he was going to go through these."

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even think about messing with that.

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I tell you what, you are a hero
of mine doing this.

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It's very dangerous.
So, this is the real deal. Yeah.

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Safe journey. Thank you, Max.

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Right in the middle of
these anxieties,

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an American university student
was arrested in North Korea.

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NEWSREADER: ..was sentenced
to hard labour

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The Warmbier...

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His crime was simply
stealing a poster

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from his hotel in Pyongyang.

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NEWSREADER: Another American
front and centre

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in Pyongyang's propaganda parade.

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a University of Virginia
business major,

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making a dramatic,
emotional confession.

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Warmbier's parents issued
a statement today...

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VOICE FADES OUT

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So, can you tell me what happened
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MUSIC PLAYS

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POP MUSIC PLAYS

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VIOLIN MUSIC PLAYS

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OPERA SINGING

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OUT-OF-TUNE SINGING

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WOMEN SING

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APPLAUSE

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So, how did the deal progress
once you were there?

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GUNSHOT

326
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So how long did this, erm - shall we
call it a courtship period - last?

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Two days. OK.

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LOW CHATTER

329
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INDICATOR CLICKING

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Under a basement... Yeah.
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Were you frightened?

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MEN SPEAKING KOREAN

333
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Is this when this photograph
was taken?

334
00:50:59,480 --> 00:51:01,360
So, can you tell me who is who?

335
00:51:04,640 --> 00:51:06,200
Mm-hm.

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00:51:11,280 --> 00:51:12,840
Mm-hm.

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00:51:29,800 --> 00:51:31,320
OK.

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HE LAUGHS

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Like a sort of menu? Yeah. OK.

341
00:52:12,200 --> 00:52:14,520
And what sort of weapons
are we talking about?

342
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So this is all on offer?

343
00:52:25,640 --> 00:52:30,118
Yeah, this is what we were just
handed over the table.

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00:52:30,120 --> 00:52:33,598
Wow! So we've got Scud missiles?
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So, you can get five Scud missiles
for $14 million.

346
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Missile launchers. Yeah.

347
00:52:42,640 --> 00:52:45,598
So we're going up to Scud-E missiles
now. Yeah. Good God.

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$25 million.

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Yeah.

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and that's thermobaric. Oof!

351
00:52:57,040 --> 00:52:59,438
I mean, that's as close
as you can get to a nuke... Yeah.

352
00:52:59,440 --> 00:53:01,040
..without it being a nuke.

353
00:53:02,200 --> 00:53:03,600
What's this?

354
00:53:09,320 --> 00:53:12,478
The arms factory? Yeah.
Yeah, OK.

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00:53:12,480 --> 00:53:15,640
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356
00:53:20,160 --> 00:53:22,158
And what was Ulrich doing
during this meeting

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when you were signing contracts?

358
00:53:26,040 --> 00:53:27,360
He was allowed to film?!

359
00:53:37,600 --> 00:53:39,680
CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS

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00:53:43,280 --> 00:53:44,840
And where is that?

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00:53:49,960 --> 00:53:53,518
At this point, you're in a secret
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00:53:53,520 --> 00:53:57,358
facilitating the signature
of a weapons contract.

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00:53:57,360 --> 00:53:59,720
What is going through your head
at this stage?

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00:54:21,560 --> 00:54:23,800
APPLAUSE

365
00:54:28,160 --> 00:54:30,600
And Alejandro is aware
of all of this?

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00:54:54,120 --> 00:54:56,920
MUSIC PLAYS

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00:55:03,120 --> 00:55:05,400
APPLAUSE

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00:55:31,200 --> 00:55:33,518
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any preferences

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when it came to countries,
or suggestions?

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00:55:59,440 --> 00:56:00,478
So, to sum it up,

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you are now a North Korean
weapons dealer and broker?

372
00:56:03,840 --> 00:56:04,920
Yes.

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NEWSREADER: Good evening, and it's
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on a Monday night. And we begin
with late developments today,

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00:56:15,080 --> 00:56:18,238
the worsening horror for
a mother and father from Ohio.

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00:56:18,240 --> 00:56:20,638
Their son, who was just returned
from North Korea

377
00:56:20,640 --> 00:56:24,198
with severe brain damage,
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00:56:24,200 --> 00:56:26,718
Since the moment their son
was sentenced

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00:56:26,720 --> 00:56:30,118
to hard labour for stealing
a propaganda poster,

380
00:56:30,120 --> 00:56:33,838
the Warmbiers were fighting
until he was released.

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00:56:33,840 --> 00:56:38,358
The look in his eyes, which I didn't
know he was blind at the time,

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horror like he'd seen the devil.

383
00:56:43,760 --> 00:56:47,600
And he had. He was with the devil.

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00:56:58,040 --> 00:57:01,838
Back in Copenhagen, I was shocked
to discover what my two proxies

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had accomplished in Pyongyang.

386
00:57:04,360 --> 00:57:07,758
They had brought real, raw
intelligence with them.

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00:57:07,760 --> 00:57:11,598
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in her study Target Markets,

388
00:57:11,600 --> 00:57:15,318
very little is known about pricing
on North Korean weapons systems,

389
00:57:15,320 --> 00:57:19,758
but here was a fully detailed menu
in hard copy.

390
00:57:19,760 --> 00:57:22,878
Mr James being appointed
as a North Korean arms broker

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00:57:22,880 --> 00:57:25,038
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of a sick mind,

392
00:57:25,040 --> 00:57:27,838
but here also was a signed and
sealed contract,

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00:57:27,840 --> 00:57:30,240
drawn up in English
by the North Koreans.

394
00:57:32,640 --> 00:57:35,998
Before Mr James came along,
only a few non-Koreans

395
00:57:36,000 --> 00:57:39,120
had been known to broker weapons
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396
00:57:40,640 --> 00:57:44,798
Back in 2011, the British arms
dealer Michael Ranger was arrested

397
00:57:44,800 --> 00:57:48,438
for brokering a deal between
Azerbaijan and North Korea,

398
00:57:48,440 --> 00:57:51,918
but he was a highly experienced
arms dealer in a dangerous game

399
00:57:51,920 --> 00:57:54,640
for experts, let alone amateurs.

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00:57:56,600 --> 00:58:00,760
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had scored a jackpot.

401
00:58:27,720 --> 00:58:29,878
RUSTLING

402
00:58:29,880 --> 00:58:31,960
ZIPPER ZIPS

403
00:58:53,760 --> 00:58:57,478
To prepare the mole for his next
mission, Alejandro would now provide

404
00:58:57,480 --> 00:59:01,280
guidance on how to operate
as a businessman in Uganda.

405
00:59:48,240 --> 00:59:49,520
OK.

406
01:00:39,920 --> 01:00:41,280
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407
01:00:44,840 --> 01:00:46,480
Oh, OK.

408
01:00:49,320 --> 01:00:51,200
You were mic'd up?