Critics Say 'Google Delegation' Lends Legitimacy To North Korean
Regime     It's ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Audie
Cornish.   And I'm Melissa Block. What is the executive chairman
of Google doing in North Korea? The high-profile visit of Eric
Schmidt - on a trip led by former New Mexico Governor Bill
Richardson - has raised eyebrows and lots of questions. The U.S.
has no diplomatic relations with the autocratic regime, and the
State Department has called the venture unhelpful and ill-
advised. Jean Lee is the Korea bureau chief with the Associated
Press, and she's traveling with the delegation.  She joins me
from just outside the North Korean capital, Pyongyang. Jean Lee,
Bill Richardson has said this is not a Google trip, but North
Korea calls this a Google delegation. It does raise lots of
questions about just what is going on with this mission.  JEAN
LEE: They're calling this a private humanitarian visit by
private American citizens. This is something that Eric Schmidt
was interested in doing,