The NY Times is reporting that former U.S. President Bill Cllinton has met with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il and managed to get a special pardon granted for two American journalists. The journalists, Laura Ling (younger sister of TV journliast Lisa Ling) and Euna Lee, were originally sentenced to 12 years hard labor for illegal entry into N. Korea. It’s not clear yet how soon the journalists can leave N. Korea.