>>> IT'S A THREE-FRONT WAR WITH THE HORRORS OF GAZA DOMINATING HEADLINES. LESS ATTENTION IS BEING PAID TO
THE TWO OTHER FRONTS ISRAEL IS ENGAGED IN. IRAN TO THE EAST -- >> ANOTHER DRONE COMING IN.
>> AND AS WE SAW FIRSTHAND -- >> QUICKLY, PLEASE. >> -- HEZBOLLAH ATTACKING IN THE NORTH.
>> THOSE ARE ALERTS? >> THESE ARE ALERTS. >> TO WHAT? >> STAY INSIDE.
>> STAY INSIDE? >>> TONIGHT, YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT FAKE KIDNAPPINGS, POLITICAL ASSASSINATIONS, AND DRAMATIC
RESCUES. THERE ARE ALMOST AS MANY QUESTIONS AS THERE ARE ANSWERS ABOUT THIS STRANGE STORY
INVOLVING NORTH KOREA. BUT ONE THING SEEMS CLEAR, THIS AMERICAN BELIEVES HE IS AN ENDANGERED MAN.
>> THE FBI HAS TOLD ME THAT MY LIFE IS IN DANGER, THAT THE NORTH KOREAN GOVERNMENT IS NOW AND WILL BE TARGETING ME FOR
ASSASSINATION. >> I'M LESLEY STAHL. >> I'M BILL WHITAKER. >> I'M ANDERSON COOPER.
>> I'M SHARYN ALFONSI. >> I'M JON WERTHEIM. >> I'M CECILIA VEGA. >> I'M SCOTT PELLEY.
THOSE STORIES AND MORE TONIGHT ON "60 MINUTES."
>>> LESLEY STAHL HAS SPENT A WEEK ON THE GROUND IN ISRAEL, WHERE ITS MILITARY IS ENGAGED IN THREE FRONTS, WITH HEZBOLLAH IN
THE NORTH, HAMAS IN THE EAST, AND THE ONGOING WAR IN GAZA THAT HAS CREATED CATASTROPHIC CIVILIAN CONSEQUENCES.
>> WE'RE AT THE CROSSING INTO GAZA, WHICH IS OPEN AT THE MOMENT, THOUGH THE FLOW OF AID TRUCKS IN HAS SLOWED TO A
TRICKLE. THIS HAS BEEN A WEEK OF HIGH DRAMA IN ISRAEL. FIRST OFF, WE HAVE THE
INCREASING TENSION WITH THE UNITED STATES OVER THE IMMINENT INVASION OF RAFAH. AND PRESIDENT BIDEN'S PUNITIVE
STEP IN HOLDING OFF THE DELIVERY OF BOMBS THAT COULD BE USED IN THAT INVASION. THERE'S BEEN A WEEK OF INTENSE
DIPLOMACY WITH CIA DIRECTOR WILLIAMS BURNS HERE TO TRY AND BREATHE LIFE INTO THE CEASEFIRE FOR HOSTAGES DEAL.
IT'S BEEN A MONTH SINCE IRAN'S BRUTAL ATTACK WITH MISSILES AND DRONES, BUT THIS HAS BEEN A WEEK OF MORE HOSTILITIES.
IN THE NORTH, THERE'S AN INTENSIFYING OF THE NOT-MUCH-COVERED BATTLE WITH HEZBOLLAH.
AND IN THE SOUTH, ISRAEL IS SURROUNDING RAFAH. ISRAELI TANKS INCHED IN. [ SOUND OF ARTILLERY ]
THERE WERE HUGE EXPLOSIONS AND EXCHANGES OF FIRE WITH HAMAS. [ SOUND OF ARTILLERY ] MORE IMAGES OF MISERY, AS
SHORTAGES OF FOOD AND FUEL BECOME DIRE. REFUGEES FROM THE NORTH OF GAZA, WHO HAD TAKEN SHELTER HERE, WERE
BEING INSTRUCTED BY THE ISRAELI MILITARY, THE IDF, TO MOVE AGAIN. >> WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW IS
A VERY SPECIFIC OPERATION BEING RUN BY THE IDF, A VERY ACCURATE ONE, ON THE EAST PART OF RAFAH. >> BRIGADIER GENERAL OMER
TISCHLER IS SECOND IN COMMAND OF THE ISRAELI AIR FORCE. >> IF WHAT YOU'RE SAYINGS IS TRUE, HOW COME WE'RE SEEING WHAT
LOOKS LIKE INDISCRIMINATE BOMBING? >> I UNDERSTAND. AND I FEEL SORRY.
BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS, HAMAS DRAG US INTO THAT KIND OF WAR. >> PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS BEEN A STEADFAST ALLY AND SUPPORTER OF
ISRAEL, AND THAT SUPPORT OF ISRAEL IS HURTING HIM. AND NOW HAD THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS ALREADY
STOPPED SENDING WEAPONS, 3,000 BOMBS, FOR ISRAELI FIGHTER PLANES. >> I WON'T TALK ABOUT THE
SPECIFIC REPORT. WHAT I'LL TALK ABOUT IS OUR STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH UNITED STATES.
I KNOW THAT WE WILL KEEP ON WORKING TOGETHER WITH OUR PARTNERS PARTNERS, WITH OUR FRIENDS, AND
WITH THE UNITED STATES. >> IN TERMS OF AMERICAN OPINION, THINGS HAVE SHIFTED AGAINST ISRAEL BECAUSE OF THESE IMAGES
OF ALL THE CIVILIANS, HORRIBLE SCENES OF DEVASTATION. THERE'S, I GUESS, TWO WARS. THERE'S A WAR ON THE GROUND, AND
THEN THERE'S A WAR OF PUBLIC OPINION. AND YOU'RE LOSING THAT WAR. >> I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.
>> BUT I'M TELLING YOU. >> MAYBE YOU'RE RIGHT. WHAT WE'RE DOING, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO -- AND JUST TO
REMIND US WHERE IT ALL HAPPENED, WHEN IT ALL STARTED, IT STARTED WITH A BRUTAL, BRUTAL ATTACK BY HAMAS, KILLING 1,200 PEOPLE AT
THE 7th OF OCTOBER. >> SINCE THEN, OVER 34,000 PALESTINIANS HAVE BEEN KILLED IN GAZA, ACCORDING TO THE U.N.
WHILE ISRAEL IS ENGAGED WITH IRAN-BACKED HAMAS ALONG ISRAEL'S SOUTHERN BORDER, ANOTHER IRAN-BACKED GROUP, HEZBOLLAH,
HAS RAMPED UP ITS ATTACKS FROM THE NORTH. >> WE'RE IN KIRYAT SHMONA, A CITY JUST 15 MINUTES FROM THE
BORDER WITH LEBANON. RIGHT NOW, HEZBOLLAH IS SENDING DRONES AND ROCKETS INTO THIS AREA.
WE CAN HEAR THE BOOMS GOING OFF, ONE AFTER THE NEXT. SO FAR AT LEAST TWO ISRAELI SOLDIERS HAVE BEEN KILLED TODAY.
AND WE CAN ALSO HEAR THE ISRAELI COUNTERATTACK. NOW, THIS FIGHT IS NOT AS INTENSE AS THE ONE IN GAZA, BUT
IT'S SERIOUS ENOUGH THAT ISRAEL EVACUATED MORE THAN 60,000 PEOPLE, EMPTYING OUT THE ENTIRE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTRY.
THE LOSS OF THE NORTH FEELS, TO ISRAELIS, LIKE A WOUND, AN AMPUTATION, A HUMILIATION. WE DROVE UP TO THE BORDER, TO
THE ABANDONED AND PARTLY DESTROYED SMALL TOWN OF METULA. THIS HEZBOLLAH VIDEO SHOWS NEAR-DAILY MISSILE ATTACKS
PUMMELLING THE TOWN. LIAT COHEN-RAVIV IS ONE OF A HANDFUL OF RESIDENTS STILL IN METULA, WHO SPEND THEIR DAYS
UNDERGROUND IN THIS BUNKER COMPLEX. SHE LET US INTO THEIR WAR ROOM, WHERE THEY MONITOR INCOMING FIRE
FROM THE HILLSIDES OF LEBANON, AN AREA ALSO DESERTED. 90,000 LEBANESE WERE FORCED TO FLEE.
>> OH, MY GOODNESS. HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR A MISSILE TO COME OVER HERE? >> 8 TO 20 SECONDS.
>> 8 TO 20 SECONDS? >> YES. >> ANOTHER DRONE COMING IN. SORRY.
>> 20 MINUTES AFTER WE GOT THERE, REPORTS OF A DRONE OVERHEAD CARRYING EXPLOSIVES. >> QUICKLY, PLEASE.
>> WE LEFT THE WAR ROOM AND MOVED TO ANOTHER ROOM. >> I KEEP HEARING THE NOISE OVERHEAD.
I KNOW WE'RE LOCKED IN HERE. WHAT'S HAPPENING? >> SO, CURRENTLY WE HAVE A SUICIDE DRONE.
YOU CAN HEAR THE ALERTS COMING IN AS WE SPEAK. AND IT'S ABOVE US. AND WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW IS THAT
THE ARMY IS TRYING TO RESPOND TO IT. >> THOSE ARE ALERTS? >> THESE ARE ALERTS, YES.
>> TO US? >> TO US. >> STAY INSIDE? >> STAY INSIDE.
>> OUTSIDE, THE ARMY WAS COMING TO RESCUE TWO SOLDIERS WHO WERE WOUNDED AND WOULD LATER DIE. AFTER WE'D BE THERE AN HOUR, A
PAUSE IN THE FIGHTING. >> HE WANTS US TO LEAVE ONE AFTER THE OTHER TO HAVE THE CARS JUST DRIVE RIGHT OUT OF HERE.
>> COME, COME, COME. >> GO. LET'S GO. >> WE DROVE AS FAST AS WE COULD,
AS THE FIGHTING PICKED UP AGAIN. [ SOUND OF ARTILLERY ] SO, WOULD YOU SAY THAT YOU ARE FIGHTING A MULTI-FRONT WAR RIGHT
NOW? >> IT IS, YES. >> GENERAL TISCHLER CALLS THE FIGHT WITH HEZBOLLAH ONE PART OF
A 360-DEGREE WAR WITH IRAN. HE GAVE US A RARE TOUR OF ISRAELI AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS, WICH THEY TAPED FOR US WITH NO
SOUND AND BLURRED FOR SECURITY REASONS. HE SHOWED US WHERE HE SAT THE NIGHT OF APRIL 13, WHEN IRAN
BLITZED ISRAEL FROM ITS OWN SOIL FOR THE FIRST TIME TO RETALIATE FOR THE ASSASSINATION IN DAMASCUS OF A TOP IRANIAN
GENERAL. IRAN LAUNCHED A MASSIVE SYNCHRONIZED ATTACK OF SOME 170 SUICIDE DRONES.
OVER 30 CRUISE MISSILES THAT FLY LOW AND FAST, LIKE JETS. AND OVER 120 BALLISTIC MISSILES. THE SKIES ACROSS THE MIDDLE EAST
LIT UP, AS PILOTS SHOT DOWN THE DRONES AND CRUISE MISSILES. ISRAEL'S ADVANCED "ARROW" SYSTEM TOOK DOWN BALLISTIC MISSILES IN
THE OUTER ATMOSPHERE. ONLY A HANDFUL OF ALL THAT MADE IT THROUGH. >> UNTIL THAT NIGHT, IRAN
ATTACKS US, USING ITS PROXIES FROM YEMEN, FROM IRAQ, FROM SYRIA, FROM LEBANON. BUT ON THAT NIGHT, IRAN ATTACK
ISRAEL DIRECTLY. >> DO YOU THINK THAT IT'S POSSIBLE THAT IRAN CHOSE TO DO THIS BECAUSE IT PERCEIVED ISRAEL
RIGHT NOW AS BEING WEAK? YOU'RE ARGUING WITH THE AMERICANS, ALL KINDS OF ISSUES WITH GAZA.
>> IRAN ATTACK US WITH ALL THEIR CAPABILITIES, AND THEY FAILED. EVERYONE KNOWS THAT WE ARE CAPABLE OF ATTACKING AT ANY
GIVEN TIME. >> ONE REASON IRAN FAILED WAS BECAUSE OF BECAUSE A SURPRISING COALITION
JOINED FORCES TO HELP ISRAEL, INCLUDING SEVERAL ARAB STATES LIKE SAUDI ARABIA, JORDAN, THE EMIRATES, BAHRAIN, QATAR.
>> I'LL SAY THAT WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT, ON THAT NIGHT, WAS HISTORIC. BUT WE DIDN'T DO IT ON OUR OWN.
WE DONE IT WITH OUR PARTNERS. >> ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE SAUDIS AND THE JORDANIANS? >> WE'RE FLYING WITH THE U.S.
WE BREACHED WITH THE FRENCH. AND I WON'T TALK -- I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE WISE TO TALK ABOUT OTHER COUNTRIES.
>> YOU KNOW, THAT IS THE MOST INTERESTING PART OF ALL THIS. IT'S ALMOST UNFATHOMABLE TO THINK THAT THESE ARAB COUNTRIES
WOULD COME INTO THE AIR TO DEFEND ISRAEL. >> WHAT'S CLEAR NOW IS THAT IRAN POSES A THREAT TO THE REGION,
AND WE SHOULD ACT TOGETHER AGAINST IRAN. >> BUT YOU KNOW SOMETHING? THE ARAB COUNTRIES ARE REFUSING
TO ADMIT THEY PARTICIPATED. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT? >> WE'RE NOT TALKING. WE'RE ACTING.
SO, LESS WORDS AND MORE ACTION. >> WERE YOU AT ALL SURPRISED THAT ALL THOSE ARAB COUNTRIES CAME INTO THIS COALITION WITH
ISRAEL GIVEN WHAT'S GOING ON IN GAZA? >> GIVEN THE CONTEXT OF GAZA, UNBELIEVABLE.
>> TAMIR HAYMAN IS FORMER HEAD OF ISRAELI ARMY INTELLIGENCE, NOW HEAD OF THE INSTITUTE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY STUDIES.
>> WHAT DID THESE OTHER COUNTRIES REALLY DO, LIKE SAUDI ARABIA AND BAHRAIN AND JORDAN? >> WELL, THE MAIN ISSUE IS EARLY
DETECTION. IF YOU HAVE A NETWORK OF RADARS SPREAD ALL OVER THE MIDDLE EAST, CONNECTED INTO ONE CENTRAL HUB,
WHICH IS MAYBE AMERICAN ONE, YOU GIVE -- YOU SPREAD THE NETWORK OF DETECTION. THAT SHOULD GIVE YOU ENOUGH TIME
TO BE PREPARED. >> DAYS AFTER THE ATTACK, A GROUP OF ORTHODOX MEN FOUND A BALLISTIC MISSILE IN THE DESERT
THAT WAS SUCCESSFULLY SHOT DOWN BY THE ARMY. ANOTHER ONE WAS FOUND FLOATING IN THE DEAD SEA.
BOTH WERE BROUGHT TO THIS ARMY BASE FOR FORENSIC ANALYSIS. NO ONE WAS KILLED THAT NIGHT. ONE GIRL WAS INJURED FROM
FALLING DEBRIS. >> OH. SO, THIS IS THE HOLE. >> BUT FOUR BALLISTIC MISSILES
DID HIT THE NEVATIM AIR FORCE BASE. BASE COMMANDER YOTRAM SIGLER SHOWED US ONE POINT OF IMPACT.
HIS BASE WAS ONE OF IRAN'S MAIN TARGETS BECAUSE IT'S HOME TO ISRAEL'S FLEET OF STEALTH F-35s. WERE ANY OF YOUR F-35s DAMAGED
IN ANY WAY? >> NO. >> BUT WHAT THEY DID PROVE TO YOU, TO THEMSELVES, AND TO THE
WORLD IS THAT THEY COULD SEND A BALLISTIC MISSILE FROM IRAN AND HIT ISRAEL. >> YES.
IT IS A BIG DEAL. >> SO, IF THOSE FOUR HAD HIT AND THEY HAD NUCLEAR WEAPONS ON THEM, THIS MUST TERRIFY ISRAEL.
>> IT TERRIFIES NOT ONLY ISRAEL BUT THE MIDDLE EAST. >> THE U.S. AND ISRAEL CONSIDER THE BATTLE OF APRIL 13 A WIN,
BUT SO DOES IRAN. PRESIDENT BIDEN ISSUED A PUBLIC WARNING TO IRAN, DON'T ATTACK. DON'T DO THIS.
SEVERAL TIMES. AND THEY DID. THEY DEFIED HIM. >> FROM THEIR EYES, IT'S A
STRATEGIC VICTORY. THEY HAVE STOOD AGAINST DIRECT THREAT BY THE MOST POWERFUL NATION IN THE WORLD.
>> TAMIR HAYMAN IS CONCERNED ABOUT ISRAEL'S FUTURE WITH THE U.S. >> WE ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE
INTERNAL TRENDS INSIDE ISRAEL AND THE INTERNAL LONG-TERM TRENDS INSIDE UNITED STATES. WHAT HAPPENED RIGHT NOW IN THE
UNIVERSITIES IN UNITED STATES IS JUST ACCELERATION OF A PHENOMENA THAT WAS WELL-OBSERVED, I THINK, A YEAR AGO.
THAT IS THAT WE HAVE A CHALLENGE ON MAINTAINING THE COMMON VALUES, WHICH ARE THE BASICS OF THOSE, OF THE SPECIAL
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE UNITED STATES. WE ARE DRIFTING APART, AND IT'S A STRATEGIC THREAT THAT WE NEED
TO ADDRESS. >> PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU TESTED THE SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP THIS WEEK WITH A
PUBLIC MESSAGE FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN, THAT THE INCURSION INTO RAFAH IS ON, WITH OR WITHOUT THE U.S. WEAPONS.
>> IF ISRAEL IS FORCED TO STAND ALONE, ISRAEL WILL STAND ALONE. >> THE WEEK HERE ENDED WITH THE POINTS OF CONTENTION EVEN MORE
ACUTE. THE U.N. SAYS IT COULD RUN OUT OF FOOD TO DISTRIBUTE TO GAZA AS SOON AS TODAY.
HERE IN TEL AVIV, THE HOSTAGE FAMILIES CONTINUE THEIR VIGIL, AS SOME OF THEIR PROTESTS HAVE TURNED INTO VIOLENT CLASHES WITH
THE POLICE. AND CIA DIRECTOR WILLIAM BURNS LEFT THE REGION WITH NO PROGRESS ON THE CEASEFIRE FOR HOSTAGES
NEGOTIATIONS.
>>> NOW, THIS FIGHT IS -- >> LESLIE STAHL ON REPORTING FROM METULA, ISRAEL. >> I DON'T THINK PEOPLE ARE
GETTING >>> NO ONE COULD HAVE EVER IMAGINED A CASE LIKE THIS ONE. THOSE WORDS FROM A FEDERAL JUDGE
DESCRIBE THE PLIGHT OF CHRISTOPHER AHN, AN AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO'S MANAGED TO GET HIMSELF ENTANGLED IN A WEB OF
INTRIGUE INVOLVING THE UNITED STATES, SPAIN, AND NORTH KOREA. TONIGHT YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT FAKE KIDNAPPINGS, POLITICAL
ASSASSINATIONS, AND DRAMATIC RESCUES. AND YOU'LL GET A UNIQUE INSIGHT INTO NORTH KOREA, THE WORLD'S
MOST ISOLATED COUNTRY. THERE ARE ALMOST AS MANY QUESTIONS AS THERE ARE ANSWERS ABOUT THIS STRANGE STORY.
BUT ONE THING SEEMS CLEAR. CHRISTOPHER AHN IS AN ENDANGERED MAN. >> THIS WHOLE PLACE IS CALLED --
>> WE MET CHRISTOPHER AHN IS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, WHERE THE 43-YEAR-OLD SON OF KOREAN IMMIGRANTS WAS BORN AND RAISED.
AHN JOINED THE MARINES AND SERVED IN FALLUJAH. HE COFOUNDED A CONSULTING BUSINESS.
BUT SEVEN YEARS AGO, THE SELF-DESCRIBED DO GOODER PICKED UP AN UNUSUAL HOBBY, HELPING NORTH KOREAN DIPLOMATS DEFECT.
>> I DON'T THINK THAT I COULD MORALLY LOOK AT MYSELF IN THE MIRROR IF I TURNED AWAY FROM SOMEONE WHO WAS DESPERATELY
ASKING FOR HELP. >> HOW MANY NORTH KOREANS DID YOU HELP DEFECT? >> I ALWAYS TRY TO LEAN ON
CAUTION AND NOT REALLY TALK ABOUT -- >> BUT IS IT A HANDFUL, DOZENS? GIVE US A SENSE OF WHAT WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT. OR WAS THIS, YOU KNOW, ONE OR TWO AND I'M OUT? >> IT'S MORE THAN ONE OR TWO,
AND IT'S LESS THAN DOZENS. >> AHN SAYS HE DID IT WITH A SECRETIVE, MAKESHIFT GROUP OF ACTIVISTS WHO CALL THEMSELVES
CHEOLLIMA CIVIL DEFENSE. THEY CLAIM TO HAVE HELPED HIGH PROFILE NORTH KOREANS DEFECT. >> THERE WERE WHISPERS WITHIN
THE NORTH KOREAN DIPLOMATIC COMMUNITY ABOUT THIS STRANGE ORGANIZATION THAT WAS OUT THERE DOING THIS.
>> WAS IT A LOOSELY FORMED GROUP OF PEOPLE? >> IT WAS. >> AND HOW BIG ARE WE TALKING
ABOUT? >> I DON'T EVEN ACTUALLY KNOW THE NUMBER. >> CHEOLLIMA'S GRAND MISSION WAS
TO OVERTHROW THE NORTH KOREAN DICTATORSHIP. ONE OF THE MOST REPRESSIVE REGIMES IN THE WORLD.
THE UNDERGROUND GROUP WAS LED BY THIS MAN, ADRIAN HONG, A KOREAN-MEXICAN WHO HELD A U.S. GREEN CARD.
A YALE DROPOUT, HONG BECAME A HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST. >> AGENT HONG SAID HE CONSIDERS HIMSELF A FREEDOM FIGHTER WHO'S
CONDUCTING A REVOLUTION. DID YOU VIEW YOURSELF AS A FREEDOM FIGHTER? >> NO.
NO. I -- I -- OBVIOUSLY ADRIAN HAS HIS MOTIVATIONS TO DOING WHAT HE WANTS TO DO.
BUT MY MOTIVATION WAS JUST SIMPLY TO BRING SOME HOPE TO PEOPLE WHO ARE HOPELESS. >> IN THE FALL OF 2018,
CHRISTOPHER AHN WAS IN ITALY WHEN A CHEOLLIMA TEAM REPORTEDLY ARRANGED FOR NORTH KOREA'S ACTING AMBASSADOR AND HIS WIFE
TO WALK OUT OF THEIR EMBASSY IN ROME, JUMP INTO A WAITING CAR, AND SPEED AWAY TO FREEDOM. IN FEBRUARY OF 2019, CHRISTOPHER
AHN FLEW TO SPAIN FOR ANOTHER SECRET OPERATION. ANN AHN SAYS WHEN HE LANDED, HE
DIDN'T KNOW THE DETAILS BUT SUSPECTED IT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE NORTH KOREAN EMBASSY IN MADRID.
CHEOLLIMA WAS GOING TO HELP THE ENTIRE NORTH KOREAN EMBASSY, AN ESTIMATED TEN PEOPLE, DEFECT. >> HOW WAS THE MISSION EXPLAINED
TO YOU ALL? >> WHAT I WAS TOLD WAS THAT EVERYONE IN THE EMBASSY WANTED TO DEFECT BUT WERE AFRAID SO.
AND SO OUR MAIN POINT OF CONTACT IN THE EMBASSY HAD ASKED US TO STAGE A KIDNAPPING SO THAT THERE WOULD BE SOME TYPE OF PLAUSIBLE
REASON THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN EVERYONE IN THE EMBASSY DISAPPEARED BECAUSE THE PENALTY FOR DEFECTING THE DEATH.
BUT NOT JUST FOR THE DEFECTOR. IT'S DEATH FOR EVERYONE THE DEFECTOR KNOWS, INTERACTS WITH. >> IF YOU CAN MAKE THEM LOOK
LIKE VICTIMS, THEN THEIR FAMILIES IN NORTH KOREA, THEIR FRIENDS, ARE NOT IN JEOPARDY. >> CORRECT.
>> AT ANY POINT, DID YOU THINK, THIS SOUNDS A LITTLE BIZARRE, LIKE THIS SOUNDS CRAZY WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE?
OR DID YOU THINK, IT'S A GOOD IDEA? >> OF COURSE IT SOUNDS CRAZY, YOU KNOW?
BUT WHAT THE NORTH KOREAN PEOPLE GO THROUGH IS CRAZY. >> CHEOLLIMA'S MISSION IN MADRID WOULD BE ITS BIGGEST YET,
ESSENTIALLY TO TAKE OVER THE NORTH KOREAN EMBASSY AND FAKE A MASS KIDNAPPING. ON FEBRUARY 22nd, AROUND 4:30,
CHEOLLIMA LEADER ADRIAN HONG, POSING AS A BUSINESSMAN, WENT TO THE FRONT DOOR. >> HE RINGS THE DOORBELL.
HE'S LET IN. AND WHAT I WAS TOLD WAS THAT THE DOOR WOULD BE LEFT OPEN FOR US. AND THE PLAN WAS THAT WHEN WE
RECEIVED A SIGNAL FOR US TO WALK INTO THE EMBASSY AND THEN BEGIN THE STAGED KIDNAPPING. >> MOMENTS LATER, SCREEN GRABS
FROM SECURITY CAMERAS SHOW OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CHEOLLIMA TEAM, INCLUDING CHRISTOPHER AHN, WALKING THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR
OF THE NORTH KOREAN EMBASSY. >> WHERE WAS THEIR SECURITY? AREN'T THERE A VERSION OF MARINES POSTED OUTSIDE?
>> NO. >> THERE WAS NO SECURITY OUTSIDE THE EMBASSY? >> THERE WAS NO SECURITY.
WHEN YOU TRADITIONALLY THINK OF AN EMBASSY, YOU THINK OF, LIKE, REINFORCED DOORS AND GUARDS AND ALL THESE KINDS OF PEOPLE.
THEIR EMBASSY IS NOT THAT KIND OF AN EMBASSY. IT'S A HOUSE WITH A DRIVEWAY AND A DOOR THAT LEADS INTO THEIR
LITTLE COMPOUND. >> ARE YOU CARRYING A WEAPON? ARE MEMBERS OF THE GROUP -- >> OH, NO.
I WAS NEVER CARRYING A WEAPON. BUT THERE WERE WEAPONS THERE. FAKE GUNS. WHO WOULD BRING FAKE GUNS INTO A
KIDNAPPING, RIGHT? >> FAKE GUNS FOR WHAT HE SAYS WAS A FAKE KIDNAPPING. AWARE THEY WERE LIKELY UNDER
SURVEILLANCE, AHN SAYS EMBASSY STAFF MEMBERS WERE TIED UP AND HERDED INTO A ROOM, WHERE HE QUIETLY ADDRESSED THEM.
>> WE'VE ANSWERED YOUR CALL, AND WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU DEFECT. >> AND HOW DID THEY REACT TO THAT?
>> IT WAS DISBELIEF. IT WAS EXCITEMENT. SOMEONE SAID, IS THIS REALLY HAPPENING?
AND THAT, TO ME, CONFIRMED WHAT I WAS TOLD EARLIER THAT DAY, THAT EVERYONE INSIDE WANTED TO DEFECT.
>> DESCRIBE WHAT YOU SAW WHEN YOU WENT INSIDE THE EMBASSY. WHAT DID IT LOOK LIKE? >> THERE WAS ALMOST NO
FURNITURE. IT WAS BARE. THE WALLS WERE BARE EXCEPT A FEW PROPAGANDA, KIND OF, POSTERS.
SO, THE WHOLE PLACE WAS VERY ECHOEY. AND I OPENED UP THE REFRIGERATOR, AND THERE WAS
NOTHING IN THERE. AND IMMEDIATELY I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, THESE ARE THE ELITES. THESE ARE THE CREAM OF THE CROP
OF NORTH KOREA, AND THEY HAVE NOTHING TO EAT IN THERE. >> ONE HOUR INTO THE OPERATION, AHN SAYS THE CHEOLLIMA TEAM WAS
ON THE VERGE OF LEAVING THE EMBASSY WITH THE NORTH KOREANS WHEN EVERYTHING CHANGED. >> THERE WAS A RING AT THE DOOR,
AND EVERYONE'S VERY SURPRISED BY THIS. AND I SEE THAT IT'S THE SPANISH POLICE.
AND I'M -- THAT'S SHOCKING. WHAT ARE THEY DOING HERE? I GO BACK INTO THE ROOM WITH EVERYBODY, AND THEY ASK ME
QUIETLY, YOU KNOW, WHO WAS AT THE DOOR? WHY IS THE DOORBELL RINGING? SO, I SAID, THE POLICE ARE AT
THE DOOR. AND THEN YOU SEE THE COLOR ON EVERYONE'S FACE JUST TURN TO LILLY WHITE.
AND THEY WOULD WHISPER TO ME, VERY TERRIFIED, AND SAY THAT THEY KNOW, THEY KNOW, THEY KNOW. >> AS THE POLICE WAITED FOR
SOMEONE TO ANSWER, CHEOLLIMA LEADER ADRIAN HONG PUT ON A NORTH KOREAN LAPEL PIN TO LOOK LIKE A DIPLOMAT, THEN OPENED THE
FRONT DOOR. THE POLICE INFORMED HONG THAT A BLOODIED NORTH KOREAN WOMAN HAD FRANTICALLY TOLD THEM THERE WAS
A PROBLEM INSIDE THE EMBASSY. HONG REPLIED NOTHING WAS WRONG AND SHUT THE DOOR. >> I BELIEVE THAT WAS WHEN WE
REALIZED THAT NOT EVERYONE WAS ACCOUNTED FOR. >> WHO WAS MISSING? >> IT WAS THE WIFE OF ONE OF THE
MEMBERS OF THE EMBASSY STAFF. >> THE WIFE HAD JUMPED OFF AN EMBASSY BALCONY IN THE EARLY MINUTES OF THE INCURSION.
DESPITE AN INJURED LEG, SHE DRAGGED HERSELF ONTO THE STREET, WHERE SHE WAS DISCOVERED BY AN ALARMED SPANISH MOTORIST.
>> AFTER THE POLICE LEFT, THE PHONE ALL OF A SUDDEN STARTED RINGING AND RINGING. IT WOULD RING, RING, RING, RING,
WAIT ABOUT FIVE, TEN SECONDS AND RING, RING, RING AGAIN FOR HOURS. AND IN THAT ECHOEY HOUSE, WITH
THE PHONE RINGING, JUST ECHOING EVERYWHERE, I DON'T CARE HOW COURAGEOUS YOU THINK YOU ARE, THAT IS SCARY.
AND SO, IT IS TOTALLY AND COMPLETELY UNDERSTANDABLE WHY THEY WOULD BE AFRAID. >> THAT THEY HAD BEEN CAUGHT.
>> YES. >> NO ONE KNEW WHO WAS CALLING, BUT THE FEAR WAS THE NORTH KOREAN GOVERNMENT WAS NOW AWARE
SOMETHING WAS AMISS INSIDE ITS MADRID EMBASSY. THE ACTING AMBASSADOR, SO YUN SOK, THE MAIN POINT OF CONTACT
FOR THE ALLEGED MASS DEFECTION, WAS INSIDE THE EMBASSY AND SEEMED SPOOKED. >> THE MAIN POINT OF CONTACT
BELIEVES THIS MISSION HAS BEEN COMPROMISED AND THAT HE'S TOO AFRAID TO GO. SO, WE NEED TO GET OUT OF THERE.
OUR MAIN POINT OF CONTACT THERE GIVES MEMBERS OF THE GROUP KEYS TO THE EMBASSY VEHICLES. >> JUST AFTER 9:00 P.M., FOUR
AND A HALF HOURS AFTER IT ENTERED THE EMBASSY, THE CHEOLLIMA TEAM FLED IN THE EMBASSY VEHICLES.
THEY DITCHED THEM ALL OVER MADRID. NO ONE WAS CAUGHT. CHRISTOPHER AHN HAILED A CAB AND
WENT TO PORTUGAL AND EVENTUALLY BACK TO THE UNITED STATES. LEFT BEHIND AT THE EMBASSY, KNIVES, HANDCUFFS, FAKE GUNS,
AND THE SHAKEN STAFF. AND NOW THE NORTH KOREAN ACTING AMBASSADOR, WHO SUPPOSEDLY ASKED FOR HELP DEFECTING, TOLD SPANISH
POLICE, THE ENTIRE EMBASSY STAFF HAD BEEN HELD AGAINST THEIR WILL AND BEATEN. >> AT ANY POINT, DID YOU SEE
ANYONE HARM -- >> NO. >> -- ANY MEMBERS OF THE NORTH KOREAN EMBASSY?
>> OH, NO. IT WAS A LITTLE OPPOSITE. I WAS A LITTLE CONCERNED THAT IT DIDN'T LOOK REAL ENOUGH BECAUSE
THEY WERE TRYING SO HARD TO MAKE SURE NOBODY GOT HURT. >> THE SPANISH AUTHORITIES ARE SAYING IT WAS A KIDNAPPING.
WHAT DO YOU SAY. >> WE DID OUR JOB. WE MADE IT LOOK REAL, AND THAT WAS THE POINT.
WE WANTED TO MAKE IT LOOK AS REAL AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE WE HAD TO. WE HAD NO OTHER CHOICE.
>> THE CHEOLLIMA TEAM TOOK AND LATER POSTED VIDEO OF ONE OF ITS MEMBERS, NOT CHRISTOPHER AHN, SMASHING THE PHOTOS OF NORTH
KOREAN LEADERS INSIDE THE EMBASSY. THAT RAISED MORE QUESTIONS, AS DID THE TIMING OF THE RAID.
IT HAPPENED FIVE DAYS BEFORE THEN-PRESIDENT TRUMP MET FOR A SECOND TIME WITH NORTH KOREAN DICTATOR KIM JONG-UN IN HANOI, A
MEETING SOME HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS FEARED WOULD EMPOWER THE NORTH KOREAN REGIME. WAS THE INTENTION OF THE
OPERATION TO PROVOKE KIM JONG-UN? >> I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT THAT WAS HAPPENING.
>> COME ON. >> AGAIN -- >> EVERYBODY KNEW THAT WAS HAPPENING.
>> I MEAN, IF YOU ARE A NORTH KOREA WATCHER OR -- >> YOU ARE A NORTH KOREA WATCHER.
>> I AM NOT. I AM NOT. I'M JUST A GUY FROM L.A., YOU KNOW?
>> IT SEEMS LIKE YOU WOULD BE AWARE OF THAT, THAT THIS WAS IN YOUR ORBIT, THAT YOU CARED WHAT WAS GOING ON.
YOU'RE A SMART GUY. THE WHOLE WORLD IS TALKING ABOUT THESE TWO LEADERS MEETING. YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS GOING
TO HAPPEN? >> SO, MAYBE I DID. BUT NONE OF WHAT I AM DOING IS MOTIVATED BY ANYTHING POLITICAL
OR ANYTHING BIGGER THAN THE FACT THAT I WAS ASKED TO HELP THESE DEFECTORS DEFECT. >> BACK IN THE U.S., ADRIAN HONG
TURNED OVER COMPUTERS AND OTHER DIGITAL DATA CHEOLLIMA TOOK FROM THE NORTH KOREAN EMBASSY TO THE FBI.
CHRISTOPHER AHN SAYS HE ALSO MET WITH FBI AGENTS AT HIS APARTMENT IN L.A. >> WE HAD A REALLY FRIENDLY
CONVERSATION. THEY ASKED ME ABOUT MY INVOLVEMENT, WHAT HAPPENED. I TRIED TO BE AS TRUTHFUL AS I
COULD. YOU KNOW, WE ENDED THE MEETING WITH ME ASKING, HEY, IS EVERYTHING GOOD?
YOU KNOW, SHOULD I BE CONCERNED WITH ANYTHING? AND THEIR RESPONSE WAS, OH, NO, NOT AT ALL.
FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, YOU WERE FURTHERING AMERICAN INTERESTS. >> SO, YOU THOUGHT, I'M GOOD. >> YEAH.
>> AND THEN WHAT HAPPENED? >> WELL, ABOUT TWO, THREE WEEKS AFTER THAT OR SO, ONE OF THE FBI AGENTS CALLED ME AND SAID THAT
NORTH KOREA HAD DISCOVERED BY IDENTITY AND THAT I NEEDED TO BE VIGILANT. AND THAT THE ONLY PLACE IN THIS
WORLD THAT I AM SAFE IS HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. >> THE FBI HAS TOLD YOU WHAT ABOUT THE THREAT?
>> THE FBI HAS TOLD ME THAT MY LIFE IS IN DANGER, THAT THE NORTH KOREAN GOVERNMENT IS NOW AND WILL BE TARGETING ME FOR
ASSASSINATION. >> WHEN WE COME BACK, CHRISTOPHER AHN REVEALS HIS ROLE IN ANOTHER SECRET OPERATION
AFTER NORTH KOREAN LEADER KIM JONG-UN'S HALF BROTHER WAS ASSASSINATED IN A CROWDED INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN
MALAYSIA.
>>> CHRISTOPHER AHN MAINTAINS WHEN HE AND A GROUP OF HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS FROM CHEOLLIMA CIVIL DEFENSE ENTERED THE NORTH
KOREAN EMBASSY IN MADRID IN 2019, IT WAS ALL THEATER, PART OF A BOTCHED FAKE KIDNAPPING TO HELP THE NORTH KOREAN EMBASSY
STAFF WHO WANTED TO DEFECT. IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE INCURSION, THE FBI WARNED AHN AND CHEOLLIMA'S LEADER, ADRIAN
HONG, THAT THEIR LIVES WERE IN DANGER. >> I WAS GOING INTO THIS APARTMENT --
>> TWO MONTHS AFTER THE RAID IN MADRID, CHRISTOPHER AHN SAYS HE WAS CARRYING A GUN FOR PROTECTION, WHEN HE CAME HERE,
TO ADRIAN HONG'S L.A. APARTMENT TO DROP OFF SECURITY CAMERAS. HE WAS STUNNED TO FIND U.S. MARSHALS INSIDE.
>> I OPENED THE DOOR AND I WALK IN, AND THE MARSHALS ARE IN THERE. I SURPRISED THEM.
THEY SURPRISED ME. THEY PUT A GUN TO MY HEAD AND SAID, LIKE, DON'T MOVE OR I'LL BLOW YOUR BRAINS OUT.
>> AHN SAYS HE WAS HANDCUFFED AND TAKEN TO JAIL FOR HIS ROLE IN THE RAID OF THE NORTH KOREAN EMBASSY IN MADRID.
>> WHEN YOU'RE IN JAIL, ARE YOU THINKING, THIS IS A BIG MISUNDERSTANDING AND SURELY I'LL BE OUT ANY DAY?
OR DID YOU THINK, THIS DOESN'T LOOK GOOD? >> I THOUGHT I'D GET BAIL, RIGHT, IMMEDIATELY.
I DON'T HAVE A CRIMINAL RECORD. I DON'T EVEN THINK I HAVE A PARKING TICKET IN THE LAST 15 YEARS.
>> CHRISTOPHER AHN SPENT 87 DAYS BEHIND BARS IN THE LOS ANGELES DETENTION CENTER. SPAIN HAD ISSUED INTERNATIONAL
ARREST WARRANTS FOR HIM AND SEVEN OTHER CHEOLLIMA ACTIVISTS CHARGING CHARGING THEM WITH BREAKING AND
ENTERING, CAUSING INJURIES, AND RESTRAINT. SPAIN HAS SAID IT WAS A CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION.
WAS IT A CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION IN YOUR MIND? >> I MEAN, UNLESS IT'S A CRIME TO CARE AND IT'S A CRIME TO HELP
PEOPLE. >> I GET WANTING TO HELP PEOPLE. BUT WHY NOT LET, YOU KNOW, THE CIA, LET THE PROFESSIONALS DO
THIS. >> I THINK IT'S BECAUSE ALL THOSE PROFESSIONALS HAVEN'T DONE THIS.
WHAT IS A DIPLOMAT SUPPOSED TO DO? WHO ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO GO TO IF THEY WANT TO ESCAPE?
ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO GO TO THE EMBASSY OF THEIR SWORN ENEMY? THEY HAVE LIVED THEIR ENTIRE LIVES KNOWING THAT THEY'RE BEING
WATCHED 24/7. AND WE'RE THE ONLY ONES IN THE WORLD THAT THEY TRUST. >> U.S. MARSHALS PUBLISHED A
WANTED POSTER FOR CHEOLLIMA LEADER, ADRIAN HONG, CALLING HIM ARMED AND DANGEROUS. HE WENT UNDERGROUND AND REMAINS
A FUGITIVE TODAY. CHRISTOPHER AHN IS NOW OUT ON BAIL, BUT HE'S BEEN ORDERED TO WEAR AN ANKLE MONITOR.
HIS LEGAL SAGA IS FAR FROM OVER. SPAIN WANTS HIM TO STAND TRIAL IN MADRID. THERE IS AN EXTRADITION TREATY
BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND SPAIN. AND FOR FIVE YEARS, THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE HAS ARGUED
THAT FEDERAL COURTS ARE OBLIGATED TO SIGN OFF ON SENDING CHRISTOPHER AHN TO SPAIN. >> THIS IS WHAT THE U.S.
ATTORNEY HAS SAID ABOUT THE CASE. HE SAID, COUNTRIES HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO DIRECT DIPLOMATS,
THAT'S HOW IT WORKS. AND FOR SPAIN, IT IS A BLACK EYE TO COME IN AND COMMIT WHAT THEY ARE CHARGING AS CRIMES.
IS THAT A FAIR POINT? DOES SPAIN HAVE A DUTY TO PROTECT FOREIGN EMBASSIES ON ITS SOIL?
>> OF COURSE THEY DO. SPAIN NEEDS TO MAKE SURE THAT OTHER COUNTRIES IN THEIR EMBASSIES FEEL SAFE.
THE UNITED STATES NEEDS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR ALLIES KNOW THAT THEY HONOR THEIR TREATIES AND THEIR AGREEMENTS.
BUT NORTH KOREA IS NOT A NORMAL COUNTRY. >> IT'S A TERRORIST STATE. >> SUNG-YOON LEE IS A FELLOWSHIP
LEADER. AN EXPERT ON NORTH KOREA, HE TESTIFIED AT CHRISTOPHER AHN'S FEDERAL COURT HEARING THAT IF
AHN IS EXTRADITED TO SPAIN, HE WOULD BE VULNERABLE TO NORTH KOREAN ASSASSINS. >> YOU THINK THEY WILL GO AFTER
CHRISTOPHER AHN. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> IN SPAIN? >> WELL, SPAIN IS AN ADVANCED
COUNTRY, BUT NORTH KOREA IS BRAZEN ENOUGH TO COMMIT CRIMES LIKE KIDNAPS AND MURDER IN SEVERAL EUROPEAN COUNTRIES.
CHRISTOPHER AHN IS, I'M AFRAID, A VERY HIGH PRIORITY TARGET FOR THE KIM REGIME. AND THE REASON IS THE SO-CALLED
RAID WAS UNPRECEDENTED. MOREOVER, CHRISTOPHER AHN IS THE PERSON WE LEARNED LATER WHO CHALLENGED THE INFALLIBLE NORTH
KOREAN LEADER TWICE. >> TWICE. BECAUSE IN A CRAZY TWIST TO A CRAZY STORY, CHRISTOPHER AHN HAD
BEEN INVOLVED IN ANOTHER RESCUE THAT OUTRAGED NORTH KOREAN DICTATOR KIM JONG-UN TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MADRID RAID.
FEBRUARY, 2017, THE KUALA LUMPUR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN MALAYSIA. THOSE ARE TWO SUSPECTED NORTH
KOREAN AGENTS LURKING IN THE DEPARTURE HALL. AND THAT IS KIM YONG NAM, THE HALF BROTHER AND CRITIC OF NORTH
KOREAN DICTATOR, KIM JONG-UN. HE ENTERS THE HALL TO CATCH A FLIGHT AROUND 9:00 A.M. IN THIS BLURRY VIDEO, KIM YONG
NAM IS ACCOSTED BY TWO WOMEN, WHO SMEAR HIM IN THE EYES WITH A BANNED CHEMICAL WEAPON. WITHIN 30 MINUTES, HE IS DEAD.
>> THIS ASSASSINATION OCCURS, AND IT'S A SHOCK TO EVERYONE. >> INCLUDING THE 21-YEAR-OLD SON OF KIM YONG NAM.
CHRISTOPHER AHN SAYS KIM HAN SOL, WHO WAS VIEWED AS A THREAT TO THE NORTH KOREAN THRONE, WAS TERRIFIED.
>> HE GOT A CALL FROM NORTH KOREA THAT THERE WERE PEOPLE COMING TO EXECUTE HIM OR ASSASSINATE HIM AND THAT WHEN HE
LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW, THAT ALL OF THE SECURITY DISAPPEARED. AND HE DIDN'T KNOW WHO TO TURN TO FOR HELP.
>> HE TURNED TO ADRIAN HONG, THE HEAD OF CHEOLLIMA, FOR HELP. HONG THEN TURNED TO CHRISTOPHER AHN, THE FORMER MARINE, TO PULL
OFF THE RESCUE. >> HE SAYS, CAN YOU FLY TO TAIWAN AND MEET HIM THERE AND KEEP HIM SAFE WHILE, YOU KNOW,
WE TALK TO DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT A PLACE WHERE HE COULD, YOU KNOW, APPLY FOR ASYLUM.
I JUMPED ON A PLANE THE LAST FLIGHT OUT AND I ARRIVED IN TAIPEI. >> HOW DID HE KNOW TO LOOK FOR
YOU? >> I TOLD ADRIAN THAT, TELL HIM TO LOOK FOR A GUY WITH A BLACK T-SHIRT, A DODGER HAT, AND I'LL
BE GOING BY THE NAME, STEVE. AND SO WHEN HIS FLIGHT ARRIVED, I WAS STANDING BY THE GATE AND I SAW SOMEONE WALKING TOWARD ME.
WE LOCKED EYES. AND THAT'S -- AND HE ASKED ME, ARE YOU STEVE? AND I SAID, YES.
DON'T WORRY. I GOT YOU. >> AT THAT POINT, YOU KNOW PEOPLE MAY WANT TO KILL HIM.
>> SURE. >> WERE YOU NERVOUS? >> I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY WEIRD IF I WASN'T NERVOUS.
>> CHRISTOPHER AHN SAYS HE HID KIM HAN SOL, THE SCARED NEPHEW OF THE NORTH KOREAN DICTATOR, IN A PRIVATE ROOM AT THE AIRPORT
FOR 36 HOURS UNTIL A SAFE HAVEN COULD BE FOUND FOR HIM. >> THESE TWO PEOPLE SHOW UP, AND THEY SAID THAT THEY WERE FROM
THE CIA. THEY WANT TO TALK TO HAN SOL. >> THEY KNOW IT'S HAN SOL THAT'S IN THERE?
>> CORRECT. SO, UNTIL I GOT CONFIRMATION THAT THEY WERE ACTUALLY FROM THE CIA, I TRIED TO KEEP SOME
DISTANCE BETWEEN THE TWO. SOON AFTER, ADRIAN CONFIRMED THAT THEY WERE FROM THE CIA, AND SO AFTER THAT, I FELT RELIEVED.
>> HE SAYS ADRIAN HONG THEN INSTRUCTED HIM TO BUY A PLANE TICKET FOR KIM HAN SOL TO AMSTERDAM.
>> YOU'RE BOOKING TICKETS FOR HIM AT THIS POINT? >> YEAH. >> THE CIA'S NOT DOING THAT?
>> NO, NO. >> DID THAT STRIKE YOU AS STRANGE? >> THIS WHOLE THING IS STRANGE.
>> BEFORE KIM HAN SOL DEPARTED, CHRISTOPHER AHN ASKED HIM IF HE WOULD RECORD A VIDEO. >> I KIND OF TOLD HIM, HEY, I
KNOW THIS IS KIND OF WEIRD, BUT DO YOU MIND JUST ACKNOWLEDGING THAT WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU. >> HE SAYS, OKAY.
AND SO, IN THAT LITTLE HOTEL ROOM, I PULLED OUT MY CRACKED SCREEN iPHONE 6 AND TOOK THE VIDEO.
>> WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL TO ADRIAN FOR HIS HELP, ADRIAN AND HIS TEAM, FOR HIS HELP. AND WE HOPE THIS GETS BETTER
SOON. >> THE VIDEO WAS SEEN AROUND THE WORLD, BUT KIM HAN SOL HASN'T BEEN SEEN SINCE.
AHN SAYS A CIA OFFICER ESCORTED KIM HAN SOL ONTO THE FLIGHT BUT HE NEVER SHOWED UP IN THE AMSTERDAM ARRIVALS HAUL.
IT'S BELIEVED HE WAS WHISKED AWAY TO A LIFE IN PROTECTIVE CUSTODY. >> WHEN YOU HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED
WITH HELPING SOMEONE WHO WAS ONCE CONSIDERED THE HEIR APPARENT OF NORTH KOREA JUST DISAPPEAR AND FIND SAFETY,
YOU'RE NOT JUST A TARGET, YOU'RE A TOP FIVE TARGET. >> GNNAUEN RIM IS CHRISTOPHER'S ATTORNEY.
>> WHO IN THE U.S. CAN STOP THE EXTRADITION TO SPAIN? >> ANTONY BLINKEN CAN STOP IT? ULTIMATELY PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN
CAN STOP IT, AND OTHER ADMINISTRATIONS. THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND THE PRESIDENT CAN STOP THIS.
>> BUT HISTORICALLY THEY HAVEN'T. >> THERE ARE ALMOST NO INSTANCES WHERE THE STATE DEPARTMENT HAS
STEPPED IN AND STOPPED AN EXTRADITION. BUT THERE ARE ALSO NO CASES WHERE THE EXTRADITION REQUEST IS
ACTUALLY BEING DRIVEN BY NORTH KOREA, A COUNTRY THAT THE UNITED STATES DOES NOT HAVE DIPLOMATIC TIES WITH FOR A REASON.
>> "60 MINUTES" REQUESTED INTERVIEWS WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT, THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, AND THE FBI TO
DISCUSS CHRISTOPHER AHN'S POTENTIAL EXTRADITION TO SPAIN. ALL DECLINED TO BE INTERVIEWED. WE ALSO REACHED OUT TO SPANISH
OFFICIALS. THEY ALSO DECLINED TO SPEAK TO US. BUT LAST YEAR, WHILE FILMING
OUTSIDE THE NORTH KOREAN EMBASSY IN MADRID, WE UNEXPECTEDLY WERE CONFRONTED BY THE MAN WHO IS CHEOLLIMA'S MAIN POINT OF
CONTACT FOR THE ALLEGED FAKE KIDNAPPING, SO YOON SOK. WE WANTED TO INTERVIEW HIM. HE WANTED US ARRESTED.
NEITHER SIDE GOT ITS WISH. THE NORTH KOREAN GOVERNMENT BLASTED THE UNITED STATES OVER THE EMBASSY INCIDENT AND SINGLED
OUT ONE PERSON BY NAME, CHRISTOPHER AHN. THE NORTH KOREANS CALLED HIM A FELON WHO DESERVES SEVERE
PUNISHMENT FROM EVERY ASPECT. >> NORTH KOREA HAS A HISTORY. THE ASSASSINATION THAT THEY DID IN MALAYSIA WASN'T THEIR FIRST
ONE. AND THEY HAD BEEN PUBLICLY EMBARRASSED WITH WHAT HAPPENED IN SPAIN.
THEY HAD BEEN PUBLICLY EMBARRASSED WITH ME HELPING RESCUE HAN SOL. AND WHEN THEY ARE EMBARRASSED,
THEY RESPOND FIERCELY. SO, WHY WOULDN'T I BELIEVE THE FBI WHEN THEY TELL ME THAT NORTH KOREA'S TRYING TO KILL ME?
>>> NOW, "THE LAST MINUTE" OF "60 MINUTES". >> NEXT SUNDAY ON "60 MINUTES," POPE FRANCIS.
THE POPE IN A RELAXED, WIDE RANGING, AND SBEEDINGLY RARE CONVERSATION WITH NORAH O'DONNELL, IN AN EXCHANGE THAT
SEEMS PARTICULARLY APPROPRIATE THIS MOTHER'S DAY, NORAH ASKED ABUT WOMEN'S ROLE IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.
FRANCIS' ANSWER CAME COMPLETE WITH A TOUCH OF HIS SIGNATURE PAPAL HUMOR. >> Translator: THE CHURCH IS A
MOTHER. AND WOMEN IN THE CHURCH ARE THE ONES WHO HELP FOSTER THAT MOTHERLINESS.
DON'T FORGET THAT THE ONE WHO IS NEVER ABANDON JESUS WERE THE WOMEN. THE MEN ALL FLED.
>> THE NIGHT AFTER OUR STORY, CBS NEWS WILL AIR A ONE-HOUR PRIME-TIME SPECIAL WITH APPROPRIATE