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● 韓國 盧 政權이 美 大統領選 干涉[?]



케리 陣營에 要因 會談 들켜, 歸國



産經新聞(산케이신문) 2004年9月23日 朝刊



[워싱턴=木+堅山幸夫】美 大統領選擧의 民主黨候補, 케리(John F. Kerry) 上院議員의 陣營에 接觸하고 있었던 韓國 外交官이 國家情報院의 要員이라는 것이 9月21日, 밝혀졌다. AP通信이 報道했다. 이 外交官은 이미 歸國해 있지만, 韓國의 盧武鉉 政權과 부시(George W. Bush) 政權이, 冷冷하다고도 말할 수 있는 關係인 것 때문에, 韓國이 「選擧干涉」을 企劃했다 - 등이라고 하는 憶測을 부르고 있다.



AP에 의하면, 이 外交官은, 로스엔젤레스(Los Angeles) 韓國 總領事館의 副領事였던 정병만氏. 同氏는, 조지아州[Georgia]內의 實業家이며, 케리 陣營의 資金모으기의 一部를 擔當하고 있었던 韓國系 美國人 릭 이(Rick Yi)氏 등과 이번 봄, 적어도 3回 會談.



美國內에서 韓國系 美國人의 政治 그룹(Group)을 組織하는 問題에 대해서 論議했다고 말해지고 있다.



정氏는, 이 會談이 外部에 새어나와, 韓國 外交官이 케리 陣營에 加勢하고 있다 - 등의 批判이 나왔던 것 때문에, 5月에 歸國했다. 그 時点에서는, 同氏가 國家情報院의 要員인 것은 밝혀지지 않았다.



워싱턴(Washington, D.C.)의 韓國 大使館·로스엔젤레스의 總領事館 모두 코멘트(Comment)를 避하고 있지만, 정氏가 單純한 外交官이 아니라, 情報機關員인 것이 判明된 것이므로, 美國內에서는 이미 『부시 政權을 싫어하는 盧 政權이 케리 陣營에 加勢했다』등이라는 憶測도 이루어지기 始作하고 있다.



케리 陣營에 대해서는, 이것과는 別途로, 이氏의 共同經營者이며, 全斗煥 韓國 前 大統領의 二男, 全在庸氏로부터 獻金이 보내진 것이 알려져 있다.



全氏는 2004年2月, 韓國의 搜査當局에 脫稅로 逮捕, 起訴된 것 때문에, 케리 陣營은 受領한 2,000달러(Dollar)를 返濟하고 있다.



美 大統領選을 둘러싼 海外로부터의 獻金은, 1996年에도 問題로 되었다. 再選을 目標로 하는 民主黨의 클린턴(William J. Clinton) 陣營에 대해, 인도네시아(Indonesia)에 本據를 둔 中國系 企業, 립포그룹(Lippo Group)을 中心으로 多額의 資金이 供與되었다.



總額은 560萬달러에 達한다고 말해져, 中國 政府가 이것에 關與한 것은 아닌가 라는 疑惑이 나돌았지만, 中國 政府는 이것을 强하게 否定했던 經緯가 있다.



http://www.sankei.co.jp/news/040923/morning/23int003.htm







● 국정원, 美 민주당 대선자금 모금 개입



조선일보 2004년6월7일 16:32



국가정보원은 미국 민주당을 위한 교민사회의 선거자금 모금활동을 지원한 혐의로 LA총영사관의 국정원 파견관을 소환, 자체 조사중인 것으로 밝혀졌다.



7일 정부 관계자에 따르면, 국정원은 주미(駐美) 애틀랜타 한국 총영사관 부총영사를 거쳐 LA 총영사관 부총영사를 지낸 국정원 파견관 정모씨(4급)를 지난달 긴급 소환, 조사 중이다.



정씨는 애틀랜타 한국 총영사관 부총영사로 근무하던 2003년 애틀랜타 한인회 간부들이 벌인 美 민주당의 대선 자금 100만 달러(약 12억원) 모금활동에 개입했으며, 올해 초 LA총영사관 부총영사로 자리를 옮긴 뒤에도 교민사회의 美 민주당을 위한 대선자금(300만 달러) 모금활동을 지원했다는 의혹을 받고 있다.



정부의 한 관계자는 이와 관련 "정씨의 모금활동 개입혐의는 개인적 친분 관계에서 이뤄진 것으로서 국정원과는 관계가 없으나 국내 정치공작도 그만둔 국정원이 우방국의 현직 대통령에 반대되는 쪽을 민 것 같은 오해를 부를까 걱정"이라면서도 "국정원 측이 즉각 정씨를 소환한 것은 한미 양국간 오해의 소지를 없애기 위한 적절한 조치였다고 생각한다"고 말했다.



국정원은 정씨를 소환한 직후 후임자를 LA영사관에 파견했다.



송승호 월간조선 기자 soonj@chosun.com



http://www.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200406/200406070241.html







● AP: Kerry Fund-Raisers, S. Korean Spy Met



Tue Sep 21, 8:25 PM ET



By JOHN SOLOMON and SHARON THEIMER, Associated Press Writers



WASHINGTON - A South Korean embassy official who met with

John Kerry fund-raisers to talk about creating a political

group for Korean-Americans was in fact a spy for his

country, raising concerns among U.S. officials that he or

Seoul may have tried to influence the fall presidential

election.



South Korean and U.S. officials told The Associated Press

that Chung Byung-Man, a consular officer in Los Angeles,

worked for South Korea's National Intelligence Service at

the time he was meeting with Kerry fund-raisers.



A spokesman for the South Korean consulate office said Chung

was sent home in May amid "speculation" he became involved

with the Kerry campaign and Democratic Party through

contacts with fund-raiser Rick Yi and that his identity

couldn't be discussed further.



"According to international tradition, we cannot identify,

we cannot say who he is, because he is intelligence people,"

spokesman Min Ryu said.



The State Department said it has discussed Chung's reported

activities with the South Korean government and has no

reason to doubt Seoul's representations he was an

intelligence agent.



The department believes Chung's contacts with donors and

fund-raisers, if accurately described in reports,

were "inconsistent" with the 1963 Vienna Convention that

prohibits visiting foreign officials from interfering in the

internal politics and affairs of host countries, a spokesman

for its legal affairs office said.



Kerry campaign spokesman Chad Clanton said the campaign did

not know Chung was an intelligence agent or that Yi, one of

the campaign's key fund-raisers in the Asian-American

community, was meeting with him until it was brought to

light by the AP.



The AP first reported this spring that Yi and other Kerry

fund-raisers and donors had met with Chung, but at the time

Chung was only identified as a diplomat. Yi resigned from

the Kerry campaign after the AP story appeared, and Kerry

returned $4,000 in donations he had solicited because of

concerns about their origins.



Democratic donors and fund-raisers who said they were

uncomfortable with the activities alerted the AP to the

meetings and Chung's identity as an intelligence agent.



A South Korean government official in Seoul and two longtime

U.S. officials in Washington, both speaking on condition of

anonymity because Chung's intelligence work is classified,

told the AP that Chung worked for South Korea's NIS, the

country's CIA equivalent.



The U.S. officials said Chung had registered with the

Justice Department as a friendly foreign intelligence agent

on U.S. soil, and that his activities had raised concern he

or his government had tried to influence the fall

presidential election through "extracurricular activities."



The FBI has not begun a formal counterintelligence

investigation because Chung left the United States in May,

the officials said.



The NIS dismissed any suggestion the South Korean government

tried to influence American politics as a "totally

groundless rumor and all fiction."



South Korea has been frustrated over the deadlock in talks

on North Korea's nuclear activities, while at the same

facing the Bush administration's planned withdrawal of

thousands of U.S. troops from the tense region. One expert

said Chung's actions were consistent with Seoul's concerns

with the Bush administration even if he didn't get a direct

order.



"It is certainly possible that these actions would not

reflect an order from the top but rather point to the

unaccountability of a rather high-ranking officer to pursue

their own agenda or what they perceive to be the agenda of

their superiors," said Nicholas Eberstadt, a researcher at

the American Enterprise Institute.



"But, nonetheless, this sort of intervention certainly

provides a faithful reflection of the general attitude of

Roh Moo-hyun's administration toward the presidential race,"

Eberstadt said. "There's an awful lot of people in this

(South Korean) government who can't stand the Bush

administration and would love to see Bush lose."



South Korean officials said Yi and Chung had known each

other for some time. Before moving to Los Angeles, Chung

worked in South Korea's consular offices in Atlanta, where

Yi was working for a high-tech company.



Yi had worked in the Clinton White House as a military

attache, and eventually went into business in the Atlanta

area with the son of disgraced former South Korean President

Chun Doo-hwan. Yi began raising money for Kerry in 2003 and

raised about $500,000 for Democratic causes.



Yi told the AP that he met with Chung at least three times

in California to discuss starting a political action group

for Korean-Americans. "He contacted me to ask me to help him

set up a Korean-American Leadership Council," Yi said,

adding he turned down the offer because he was too busy.



Before the discussions with Chung in California, Yi had

started a Korean-American political group in the Atlanta

area called the Pacific Democratic Alliance, according to

incorporation papers filed in March 2002 with the state of

Georgia.



South Korean officials said Yi asked Chung to help introduce

him to Korean-Americans in California as Yi began fund-

raising in the state. Chung made some personal introductions

but never directly solicited political donations, Ryu said.



Kee Whan Ha, president of the Korean American Federation of

Los Angeles and a donor to both Kerry and Republican

candidates, said it was common knowledge within the

community that Chung worked for intelligence.



Associated Press writers Hawon Jung and Sang-Hun Choe

contributed to this story from Seoul.



http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040922/ap_on_el_pr/kerry_south_korea_5









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