Will you come back to create a North Korea mission center with control over all collection, analysis and covert action to engage? Pompeo finally asked. Kim said he would need new resources. Covert action, especially if it was going to be planned and undertaken, would require lots of new money. But it was too late—the budget was set for the year. Pompeo said he could get him the money he needed. Kim said a fully enabled North Korea mission center would involve hundreds of people—some already there and some that would be new. Pompeo promised. “I will support you.” After an hour, Kim accepted the
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