WHO DOES THE UR APOLOGIZE TO NEXT? THE FAMILY OF MUHAMMAD ATTA?

Clinton's North Korea Trip May Cost The US (Peter Sharp, 8/05/09, Sky News)

When Mr Clinton touched down in North Korea, the former president was seen as the man who could force the hand of Kim Jong Il and orchestrate the release of the journalists.

But it later emerged that it was Kim Jong Il himself who had invited Mr Clinton to Pyongyang and had guaranteed freedom for the reporters as long as the visit would not be linked to the issue of North Korea's nuclear weapons.

North Korea's propaganda factory - working overtime - claimed Kim Jong Il had received a personal apology from the former US President.