Hope in N. Korea: Bill Clinton meets with Kim Jong-il

News that Bill Clinton is in North Korea negotiating the release of Current TV journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling hit the NY Times Monday night.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/05/world/asia/05korea.html?_r=1&hp

Already, there are nearly 100 reader comments -- most applaud the former prez's efforts.

Interesting timing given the San Francisco Chronicle's article, also yesterday, citing the US's hypocritical behavior toward foreign journalists.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/08/03/MNN4189PDP.DTL

Bottom line, Lee and Ling need to come home. Go Bill!