People’s Power Former CEO Lee Jun-seok criticized the President’s office’s response to the alleged wiretapping of the US presidential office in Korea.
On the 12th, former CEO Lee posted on his Facebook page, “’The presidential office cannot be intercepted. If this statement, which completely denies the possibility of wiretapping, is true, it means that a person leaked it, and among key security officials, there is someone who leaves information to the United States, and the United States is intercepting communications to hide the person’s identity. He pointed out that it was a story that he wrote a report as if it were a joke.”
He said, “Even if communication is intercepted, it is a serious situation, but if an insider is leaked, I think it will be more serious. However, if you go to telecommunications wiretapping, you will face criticism as to why you moved the presidential office hastily, so I think it is a situation where you have to deny it unconditionally.” It doesn’t seem to be clear what it is,” he added.
Finally, he said, “In the end, the result of the Korea-US summit was the X2 booster. If the results are unsatisfactory, they will be criticized twice as much for not being able to take care of themselves. I can only hope that the people in the position to choose will do well.”
Recently, the New York Times reported that there is a document containing suspicions that the CIA wiretapped the Yongsan presidential office. The document raised the possibility of eavesdropping as it included a conversation between former National Security Office chief Kim Seong-han and former foreign affairs secretary Lee Moon-hee about a plan to support shells in Ukraine.
Regarding this, the President’s Office announced on the 11th that it was “absurd and false suspicion” through a press notice in the name of a spokesperson. Unlike the days of the Blue House, when the presidential office, secretariat, and security office were scattered, we are currently maintaining ‘thick security’ through an integrated security system and dedicated personnel.”
In addition, in a statement released immediately after the emergency phone call between the defense ministers of the United States and South Korea, “The defense ministers of the two countries agreed on the fact that ‘a significant number of the (leaked) documents were forged.” They are in a hurry to instigate the public with false negatives that eavesdropping and wiretapping were carried out by ‘relocating the presidential office in Yongsan’ without any notice,” he said. ‘” aimed at the opposition.
Source: Donga
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