May Dan Coates News Today

One of the notable things where you see something like vip housing, some observable, often what theyve done is buried something so deep you cannot see what is going on. >> reporter: analysts say the u.s. does get valuable help from south korean intelligence, but are americas decision makers making choices without a full picture? >> i think the decision makers may not have the full information but they do understand how to look at history and figure out by extrapolation whats probably going to ha...

Sort of contradictory accounts of the difficulties of intelligence gathering when it comes to north korea. is that right? >> reporter: thats right. in may dan coates told congress north korea was the toughest nation to collect intelligence against. he said they get limited results when trying to collect electronic surveillance and they have gaps in overhead reconnaissance. mike pompeo in mid august said the intelligence community has done what he said was, quote, remarkable work in watching the ...