Well well well. What is the Bush response to this? According to this report in the NYT, intelligence is mixed, but North Korea is doing something suspicious.
Because North Korea, and Myanmar and Cuba, are not doing enough to stop the trafficing of humans Bush announced sanctions by withholding some financial aid. What will the testing of an atomic weapon bring?
According to the Times article:
"On the other hand, the divisions within the administration over how to deal with North Korea mirrors some of the old debate about Iraq. Hard-liners in the Pentagon and the vice president's office have largely opposed making concessions of any kind in negotiations, and Vice President Dick Cheney has warned that "time is not on our side" to deal with the question. The State Department has pressed the case for negotiation, and for offering the North a face-saving way out. While the State Department has won the argument in recent times, how to deal with the North is a constant battle inside the administration.
Is time still on our side, Mr. Cheney?