21.   It appears to be a bargain allowing Kim to avoid possible life imprisonment and the government to avoid embarrassing disclosures about its intelligence operations in open court.

22.   The plea bargain allows Kim to avoid possible life imprisonment and the government to avoid embarrassing disclosures about its intelligence operations in open court.

23.   The White House responded to the embarrassing disclosures by implementing stricter procedures for requesting FBI files, and FBI Director Louis Freeh announced new safeguards in handing them over.