North Korea to put US journalists on trial in June

[Denny Crane]

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK317202.htm

North Korea to put US journalists on trial in June
14 May 2009 01:30:13 GMT
Source: Reuters

SEOUL, May 14 (Reuters) - North Korea said on Thursday it would put two U.S. journalists it arrested in March on trial on June 4, further ratcheting up tension after a defiant rocket launch and a threat to conduct a nuclear test.

Euna Lee and Laura Ling, of U.S. media outlet Current TV, were arrested along the North Korea-China border accused of illegally entering North Korea with "hostile" intent and Pyongyang said they face criminal charges.

"The Central Court of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) decided to try the American journalists on June 4 according to the indictment of the competent organ," the North's official KCNA news agency said in a one-sentence dispatch.

Washington has said it was in touch with the North through various channels to secure the release of the two journalists, with details of their pre-dawn arrest still murky several months after they were taken into custody.

North Korea, which has pulled out of six-party talks with regional powers aimed at reining in its nuclear ambitions, has said it is useless to talk to the government of U.S. President Barack Obama, accusing it of continuing what it saw as a hostile policy aimed at toppling Pyongyang's leaders.

(Reporting by Jon Herskovitz and Jack Kim; Editing by Nick Macfie)

 

[Denny Crane]

FYI, Current TV is Al Gore's station. I mean he owns it.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

FYI, Current TV is Al Gore's station. I mean he owns it.

Isn't he the guy who invented the internet?

 

[¹²³]

Isn't he the guy who invented the internet?

There was talk of a potential run in the 2000 presidential race by Gore as early as January 1998.[52] Gore discussed the possibility of running during a March 9, 1999 interview with CNN's Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer. In response to Wolf Blitzer's question: "Why should Democrats, looking at the Democratic nomination process, support you instead of Bill Bradley?", Gore responded:

I'll be offering my vision when my campaign begins. And it will be comprehensive and sweeping. And I hope that it will be compelling enough to draw people toward it. I feel that it will be. But it will emerge from my dialogue with the American people. I've traveled to every part of this country during the last six years. During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet. I took the initiative in moving forward a whole range of initiatives that have proven to be important to our country's economic growth and environmental protection, improvements in our educational system. [53]​

UCLA professor of information studies, Philip E. Agre and journalist Eric Boehlert argued that three articles in Wired News led to the creation of the widely spread urban legend that Gore claimed to have "invented the Internet," which followed this interview.[54][55][56] In addition, computer professionals and congressional colleagues argued in his defense. Internet pioneers Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn stated that "we don't think, as some people have argued, that Gore intended to claim he 'invented' the Internet. Moreover, there is no question in our minds that while serving as Senator, Gore's initiatives had a significant and beneficial effect on the still-evolving Internet."[57][55] Cerf would also later state: "Al Gore had seen what happened with the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act of 1956, which his father introduced as a military bill. It was very powerful. Housing went up, suburban boom happened, everybody became mobile. Al was attuned to the power of networking much more than any of his elective colleagues. His initiatives led directly to the commercialization of the Internet. So he really does deserve credit."[58]

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[BLAZER PROPHET]

It's a good thing I believe everything I see on wikipedia.

So again, is he the guy who invented the internet?

 

[maxiep]

Let's send Madeline Albright. I'm sure she'll make everything all better.

 

[¹²³]

It's a good thing I believe everything I see on wikipedia.

So again, is he the guy who invented the internet?

I don't believe in anything.

 

[Denny Crane]

Reagan invented the internet. His massive increases in military funding spurred the whole thing on. It was a DARPA defense project after all, and TCP/IP designed to work even if whole cities are nuked into oblivion.

There is no logic to Gore's claims, invention or being a major factor in its rise to prominence or being.

 

[barfo]

Reagan invented the internet. His massive increases in military funding spurred the whole thing on.

I don't think so. All the key technologies were already in place by the time he took office.

barfo

 

[Denny Crane]

I don't think so. All the key technologies were already in place by the time he took office.

barfo

All the key technologies were already in place more than a decade before Gore was first elected.

By your reasoning.

 

[barfo]

All the key technologies were already in place more than a decade before Gore was first elected.

By your reasoning.

I've never claimed Gore invented the internet.

barfo