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In August 2017, at the height of animosities with the then-Trump administration, North Korea’s Strategic Forces threatened to make “an enveloping fire” near Gaum with Hwasong-12 missiles.

Tina Cordova, a cancer survivor and co-founder of the Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium, said she has been working on the legislation for months with other residents of places affected by radiation, from Indigenous communities in New Mexico to Gaum.

Gaum gave me an airy little nod, as if applauding my quickness to reply: a conspirator’s nod.

Gaum wanted to make a sham of me.

So Gaum, who wanted me to be a liar, was an agent of the secret police of Orgoreyn.