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One of the notable things where you see something like vip housing, some observable, often what they've 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 america's 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 what's probably going to happen. >> reporter: analysts say u.s. and allied intelligence agencies often have to recruit north...

Sort of contradictory accounts of the difficulties of intelligence gathering when it comes to north korea. is that right? >> reporter: that's 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 missile and nuclear programs develop. today intelligence officials insisted to us there is no dayli...