US intelligence chief signals skepticism of NKorea's commitment to nuclear disarmament

The U.S. intelligence chief on Tuesday questioned North Korea's commitment to stalled international nuclear disarmament talks.

Mike McConnell, director of national intelligence, also told U.S. lawmakers that the intelligence community believes North Korea continues a uranium enrichment program and to sell its weapons around the world.

McConnell said the United States remains "uncertain about Kim Jong Il's commitment to full denuclearization, as he promised in the six-party agreement," referring to the North's leader and to the nuclear talks involving the U.S., the Koreas, Japan, China and Russia.