Why Should We Believe Chris Hill?
Chris Hill is the man in whom Congress will have to invest its trust if it decides to throw away America’s leverage and let the State Department de-list North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism this summer. The terms of Hill’s deal with Kim Jong Il are so hopelessly vague and endlessly flexible that the viability of this whole process rests on two thin and brittle reeds: Kim Jong Il’s good faith and Chris Hill’s veracity. Enough said? If not,...