Denuclearizing N. Korea a 'lost cause,' US intel chief says

Efforts to convince North Korea to give up its nuclear program and "denuclearize" the Korean Peninsula are bound to fail, US Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said Tuesday. The United States is set to deploy its THAAD missile defense system to South Korea as soon as possible, despite opposition from China, in an effort to protect against North Korea's pursuit of missile and nuclear technology. "The notion of getting the North Koreans to denuclearize is probably a lost cause.