We had a bunch more information and more promises coming from North Korea over the weekend.<br />To help us digest it all... and find out what the North is up to, we connect to an expert for his take.<br />David Maxwell is Associate Director of the Center for Security Studies at Georgetown University,... he's also a retired Army Special Forces colonel and a fellow at the Institute of Korean American Studies.<br />He joins us live from Washington,... thanks for being with us this morning. <br /><br />>1<br /> <br /> North Korea is making headlines again with its latest plan to give up its nukes--<br />Kim Jong-un says he will shut the regime's nuclear test site in May,... and will invite experts from South Korea and the U.S.-- and journalists-- to "transparently open to the international community" the dismantlement of the facilities."<br /> And we hear U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton saying the U.S. is looking at "Libya Model" for North Korea negotiations,... how would this be perceived by the regime?<br /> <br /> <br /><br />>2<br /> <br /> Despite the rapid series of developments on the Korean Peninsula, there are those who remain skeptical about Pyongyang's true motives. <br />North Korea announced its detailed plan-- a day after lashed out at lack of substance in the Panmunjom Declaration,... how strongly should we keep questioning the regime's intentions?<br /><br />>3<br /> <br /> In the past, summits with North Korea had been organized through contacts between foreign or State Department officials.<br />But this time,.. it was the intelligence apparatus that made it happen. <br />South Korea's National Intelligence Service Chief Suh Hoon, CIA Director Mike Pompeo, now the Secretary of State, and North Korea's former Reconnaissance General Bureau chief Kim Yong-chul have been the key players behind the scenes making sure the inter-Korean summit happened and are working toward making a U.S.-North Korea summit a reality now. <br />What does this mean?<br /> <br /> <br /> Thank you for your insights today, director. <br />We look forward to speaking with you again. <br />
