but in Rumsfeld's defense, there was never a vote offered to the board which the European company ABB has confirmed but at the same time has said the directors were informed? Donald Rumsfeld has stated that he did not "recall it being brought before the board at any time".
This deal was "...was part of President Bill Clinton's policy of persuading the North Korean regime to positively engage with the west." "The Clinton package sought to defuse tensions on the Korean peninsula by offering supplies of oil and new light water nuclear reactors in return for access by inspectors to Pyongyang's atomic facilities and a dismantling of its heavy water reactors which produce weapons grade plutonium."
After Rumsfeld joined the Bush administration, shortly there after President Bush "...ended the policy of engagement and negotiation pursued by Mr Clinton, saying he did not trust North Korea, and pulled the plug on diplomacy."