It was one question too far for the former spy chief turned top United States diplomat to answer openly.
When asked at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Wednesday if North Korea was still working on its nuclear programme, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo paused and then said he would rather not answer the question in an open session. The hearings were televised live.
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