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대통령실이 31일 지난 10월 평양 무인기 침투를 국가안보실이 지시했다는 더불어민주당 주장에 "일고 가치도 없는 명백한 허위사실"이라고 반박했다.
대통령실 대변인실은 이날 "국가안보실이 북풍 공작을 주도했다는 민주당 의원 주장은 일고 가치도 없는 명백한 허위사실"이라며 "소위 북풍 공작이라 하는 것 자체가 존재하지 않음을 분명히 밝힌다"고 밝혔다.
그러면서 "접수된 제보라며 허위 사실을 유포해 국가안보실은 물론 합참·우리 군을 매도하는 이같은 행태는 즉각 중단돼야 한다"며 "국가안보실은 명백한 허위 사실을 유포한 해당 의원에 대해 법적 책임 포함 모든 조치를 강구해 나갈 것"이라고 경고했다.
앞서 민주당 윤석열 내란 진상조사단은 "지난 10월 평양 무인기 침투는 국가안보실이 드론작전사령부에 직접 지시했고 그 과정서 합동참모본부·방첩사령부 등도 관여했다는 다수 제보가 접수됐다"며 "전투용 부적합 판정을 받은 무인기의 북한 침투 의혹 해소를 위해 공조수사본부는 국가안보실·드론작전사령부·합동참모본부·방첩사령부에 대해 조속히 수사에 착수해야 한다"고 주장한 바 있다.
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Office of the President: "Democratic Party of Korea's 'North Wind Operation' Claim is a Clearly Worthless False Fact"
"The Democratic Party's claim is worthless and the North Wind operation itself does not exist, so they are spreading false information by saying it is a reported report." The Democratic Party "The National Security Office directly gave instructions to the drone operation command regarding the drone infiltration of Pyongyang in October."
-kihong Kim reporter
On the 31st, the Office of the President refuted the Democratic Party's claim that the National Security Office directed the drone infiltration of Pyongyang in October, saying, "It is a clear falsehood that has no merit."
The Office of the Spokesperson for the Office of the President stated on the same day, “The Democratic Party lawmaker’s claim that the National Security Office led the North Wind operation is a clear falsehood that has no merit,” and “We clearly state that the so-called North Wind operation itself does not exist.”
They also warned, “This behavior of spreading false information by claiming it is a received tip and disparaging the National Security Office, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and our military must stop immediately,” and “The National Security Office will take all measures, including legal responsibility, against the lawmaker who spread the clear false information.”
Previously, the Democratic Party's Yoon Seok-yeol's Internal Rebellion Investigation Team claimed, "We have received numerous reports that the National Security Office directly ordered the Drone Operations Command to infiltrate Pyongyang by drone last October, and that the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Counterintelligence Command, etc. were also involved in the process." They added, "In order to dispel suspicions that a drone that has been deemed unfit for combat infiltrated North Korea, the Joint Investigation Headquarters should promptly begin investigating the National Security Office, Drone Operations Command, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Counterintelligence Command."
