"Her critics include Human Rights Foundation's Alex Gladstein, who accused Ahn of "whitewashing the North Korean regime for more than a decade, always excusing the Kims, saying they aren't so bad, and blaming North Korea's problems on South Korea and the U.S."
Useful idiots. I forget which book, but our favorite scary eyed author had a great bit where such traveling international protesters and self styled diplomats were found guilty of treason.