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Prison camp. kenneth bae was found guilty of hostile acts against the state. we don't know what he did to upset their government but he was arrested in november after arriving as a tourist. bringing chinese businessman to an economic zone in the north. for the u.s. government is present new challenges. what you do to try -- >> these are the worst headaches for presidents. you have to protect our people. on the other hand why any american is going into north korea is a terrible judgment mistake. it puts us in a bad spot. the most important thing for this administration is to work back channels,...

Know the kind of limits of what is acceptable and what isn't. what a lot of analysts are saying is, in fact, it may be nothing to do with what he did, just that he was in the wrong place at the wrong time if regime is looking for some leverage, a bargaining chip, and he happens to be it. >> we've seen that happen before. so that wouldn't be so far fetched. what action is the united states taking in order to get bae out? >> well, i think this is all going to be done through back channels. officially there's no word of any kind of visiting to north korea. unofficially, the speculation here in so...

Youtube account. >> so now we're getting at it. let's take a half a step backwards because one of the big key questions here is who is driving the information. is there the coordinated effort that we're worried was it in place before. your understanding, is this about russian intelligence, what they believe may have been a connection, is the u.s. involved in coordinating, what do we know? >> reporter: this man askhabov has been wanted by the russians for quite some time. i've seen his picture up on the wall in a police station. abu dujan directly threatened the police chief in the area you're ...

In attitude in pyongyang right now. it's pretty unlikely. got to also remember right now the united states is trying to round up votes in the security council for new sanctions. because north korea's nuclear test last month. i think this is more sort of trying to defer that, undermine the american push for sanctions. i don't think it's a real outreach. >> do you think the united states should rethink its approach to dealing with him? maybe he's a guy that appreciates doing sort of back channels or a lighter hand at doing this in terms of diplomacy. he is young. dennis rodman made that statemen...

They only understand brute force. and i'm not necessarily talking military brute force. but they sniff out weakness and exploit it like no other country on the planet. what else can a president romney do? >> not much more on sanctions. greater international -- more clandestine things, reported about in the book. >> would a closer alliance with israel -- because we hear about it a lot. if the iranians understood we had a president that stood shoulder to shoulder with israel. >> i don't think that would change things. i would test the iranians, against the backdrop of real economic bleeding. i w...