국가정보원 대선 개입 사건 수사 내용 중 댓글뿐만 아니라 트윗 글 내용이 드러나면서 해외에서 한국학을 전공하는 학자까지 나서 국정원 사건의 엄정한 수사를 촉구하는 내용의 성명을 발표할 예정이다.

한국학 전문 해외 학자의 눈으로 보더라도 국정원의 정치 개입 행태가 분명한데도 철저한 수사가 이뤄지지 않아 결국 민주주의에 위협이 될 것이라는 우려를 나타냈다. 특히 해외 한국학 학자들은 이석기 통합진보당 의원이 내란 음모 혐의는 개혁 요구에 직면한 국정원이 살아남기 위한 수법이라고 비판했다. 

지난 9월 한달간 해외 한국학자 206명은 '국정원에 의한 대한민국 민주주의의 침해를 우려한다' 내용의 성명서에 동의해 22일 민주화운동기념사업회에서 기자회견을 열어 성명을 발표할 계획이라고 밝혔다.

이들은 박노자 교수(노르웨이 오슬로대학교)와 한주희 교수(토론토대학교), 송지영 교수(싱가포르경영대학교), 이윤경 교수(뉴욕주립대학교 빙햄턴), 그리고 구세웅 박사(예일대학교)로 대표단을 구성해 국정원 사건의 철저한 수사를 촉구해왔고 미국, 영국, 캐나다, 노르웨이 8명의 학자가 성명서를 공동작성해 9월 한달동안 모두 206명의 학자가 서명에 동참했다.

이들은 성명에서 "최근 한국 국정원의 행동을 보면서 한국이 힘들게 성취한 민주주의가 위험에 처했다는 우려가 높아지고 있다"며 "국정원 개혁의 필요성을 논의하는 와중에, 국정원은 반격에 나선 듯 보인다. 소수 야당과 소속 의원들을 내란음모 혐의로 공격한 것"이라고 밝혔다.

이들은 내란 음모 혐의와 관련해 "1980년에 정치적 반대파인 김대중(이후 대통령이 되고 노벨평화상을 받는다)을 내란음모 혐의로 기소한 것과 1975년에 인혁당 사건(이후 무죄로 밝혀진다)을 조작해 8명의 무고한 인명을 빼앗은 조잡한 정치 공작들이 떠오른다"고 지적했다.
 

▲ 해외 한국학 학자 206명이 동참한 성명서 내용

그러면서 이들은 "국정원이 정치적 반대파를 내란 혐의로 고소하는 것뿐 아니라, 냉전시대 남용으로 악명 높았던 반공 논리의 잔재인 국가보안법을 다시금 꺼내 들어 휘두르는 것에 중대한 우려를 표한다"며 "명백하고도 분명한 것은 소수 민족주의 좌파 정치인들의 행동이 아니라, 바로 국가 정보 기구가 선거 과정에 개입하고 그 조직을 개혁하라는 요구에 직면해 다른 곳으로 관심을 돌리려 하는 행위야말로 남한의 민주주의와 시민적 권리를 가장 위협한다는 것"이라고 비판했다.

이들은 "지금 한국 민주주의는 아주 위험한 순간을 맞이하고 있다. 그러나 동시에 지금은 한국 민중이 냉전 시대와 과거 독재 정권의 잔재를 청산할 기회이기도 하다"며 "성숙한 민주주의는 강한 신념을 가졌다는 이유로 사람들을 두려워 하거나 가상적인 외부 위협을 이용해 사회 내 다양한 목소리를 억압해서는 안 된다"고 강조했다.

해외학자 서명자 명단 (2013년 10월 22일 현재 206명)
Signatories (206 as of October 22, 2013)

Owen Miller, SOAS, University of London
Se-Woong Koo, Yale University
Ju Hui Judy Han, University of Toronto
Jamie Doucette, University of Manchester
Vladimir Tikhonov (Pak Noja), University of Oslo
Kevin Gray, University of Sussex
Konrad M. Lawson, University of St Andrews
Adam Bohnet, King’s University College at the University of Western Ontario
Jim Glassman, University of British Columbia
Jaeho Kang, SOAS, University of London
Laam Hae, York University
Susan Kang, City University of New York
Theodore Jun Yoo, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Jennifer Jihye Chun, University of Toronto
Hae Yeon Choo, University of Toronto
Takashi Fujitani, University of Toronto
Jeongmin Kim, New York University
Soonyi Lee, New York University
Helen Hyun-Joo Lee, Yonsei University
Marilyn B. Young, New York University
Henry Em, Yonsei University
Andre Schmid, University of Toronto
Yong Soon Min, University of California, Irvine
Seung-Hun Lee, University of Virginia
Merose Hwang, Hiram College
Namhee Lee, University of California, Los Angeles
Saeyoung Park, Davidson College
Kevin Hewison, Murdoch University
Daniel Y. Kim, Brown University
Minjeong Kim, Virginia Tech
Nadia Y. Kim, Loyola Marymount University
Joel Wainwright, Ohio State University
Juhn Ahn, University of Michigan
Sun-Chul Kim, Emory University
Charles Armstrong, Columbia University
James Kyung-Jin Lee, University of California, Irvine
Jae-Jung Suh, Johns Hopkins University
Jesook Song, University of Toronto
Eleana Kim, Rochester University
Jaehoon Yeon, SOAS, University of London
David Hundt, Deakin University
Hyun Bang Shin, London School of Economics
Hyun Ok Park, York University
Ga Young Chung, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Nan Kim, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Albert L. Park, Claremont McKenna College
Janice Kim, York University
Mimi E. Kim, University of California, Berkeley
Hyejeong Jo, University of Pennsylvania
Jinkuk Hong, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Christine Hong, University of California, Santa Cruz
Sarah Eunkyung Chee, University of California, Santa Cruz
Jaeeun Kim, George Mason University
Jerome de Wit, Leiden University
Daniel Kim, The New School
Jung Won Sonn, University College London
Haeyoung Kim, University of Chicago
John P. DiMoia, National University of Singapore
Hyeseon Jeong, Ohio State University
Jiyoung Song, Singapore Management University
George Katsiaficas, Wentworth institute of Technology
Erin Runions, Pomona College
Ken Kawashima, University of Toronto
Crystal Munhye Baik, University of Southern California
Jinyoung Park, Cornell University
Hwa-Jen Liu, National Taiwan University
Deborah Cowen, University of Toronto
Jinn-yuh Hsu, National Taiwan University
Young-a Park, University of Hawaii, Manoa
W. Taejin Hwang, Middlebury College
Sungju Park-Kang, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Gary N. McLean, University of Minnesota
WooJin Kang, Angelo State University, Texas
Paul Chang, Harvard University
Caroline Norma, RMIT University, Australia
Laurel Kendall, American Museum of Natural History
Edward J. Baker, Harvard University
Andrew Bond, University of California, Riverside
Sixiang Wang, Columbia University
Monica Kim, University at Albany, State University of New York
Martin Hart-Landsberg, Lewis and Clark College
Yunju Nam, University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Moon J. Pak, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan
Yoonkyung Lee, State University of New York at Binghamton
Su-kyoung Hwang, University of Sydney
Wooksoo Kim, University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Sanghyuk Shin, University of California, Los Angeles
Sherri Ter Molen, Wayne State University
Stephen Epstein, Victoria University of Wellington
Anders Riel Muller, Roskilde University
Kelly Yoojeong Jeong, University of California, Riverside
Bumsoo Lee, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Adam Cathcart, University of Leeds
Michael Jin, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Hank T. Wang, China-EU School of Law at the China University of Politics and Law
Hyong G. Rhew, Reed College
Serk-Bae Suh, University of California, Irvine
Jeongsu Shin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
So Jung Kim, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Siho Nam, University of North Florida
Duk H. Kim, St. Ambrose University
Jaeeun Park, Centre Max Weber, Lyon, France
Gavin Walker, McGill University
Bruce Cumings, University of Chicago
Thomas Lamarre, McGill University
Steven Denney, University of Toronto
Chigon Kim, Wright State University
Michelle Cho, McGill University
Taehyun Nam, Salisbury University
Michael O’Loughlin, Salisbury University
Youngseek Kim, University of Kentucky
Hyejin Moon, The University of Texas at Arlington
Markus Bell, The Australian National University
Michael Jin, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Q-Ho Lee, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Patrick Park, Cornell University
Sinhyeok Jung, University of Toronto
Dong-Kyun Im, Harvard University
Sooyeon Yoon, University of Illinois
Agnes Sohn, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Dohye Kim, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
KeunBok Lee, University of California, Berkeley
Namsoon Kang, Texas Christian University
Sung Kyun Park, University of Michigan
Han Lheem, Fayetteville State University
Michael J. Pettid, Binghamton University
Suzy Kim, Rutgers University
Jin Y. Park, American University
Junghoo Cho, University of California, Los Angeles
Sunyoung Park, University of Southern California
Tae-Hee Jo, State University of New York, Buffalo State
Hyungsoo Kim, University of Kentucky
Frances L. Kendall, Salisbury University
Heesam Kang, Trident University International
Seongsoo Choi, Yale University
Sungmin Lee, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Alex J.S. Lee, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Hyunkag Cho, Michigan State University
Suhkyung Kim, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Hee-Young Shin, Wright State University
Dongho Cho, Queens College, The City University of New York
Dafna Zur, Stanford University
Alejandra Marchevsky, California State University, Los Angeles
Su Yun Kim, University of Hong Kong
Seo Young Park, Scripps College
Earl Jackson, National Chiao Tung University
Jane Park, University of Sydney
Andrew Jackson, SOAS, University of London
David Youngue Khang, Emily Carr University of Art & Design, Vancouver
Jin-Heon Jung, Max Plank Institute
Heeman Kim, Kennesaw State University
Ruthann Lee, University of British Columbia
Youjeong Oh, University of Texas, Austin
Hagen Koo, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Christine Kim, Simon Fraser University
Hye Gyong Park, University of Illinois
Joya Misra, University of Massachusetts
Alexis Dudden, University of Connecticut
Christina Ghanbarpour, Santa Monica College
Yung Soo Kim, University of Kentucky
Keith Leitich, Pierce College Puyallup
Mark Morris, Trinity College, Cambridge
Johnny Kline, Chicago Theological Seminary
Jennifer Kwon Dobbs, St. Olaf College
Kyong-Ah Kwon, Georgia State University
Victor Koschmann, Cornell University
Mark Selden, Cornell University and Asia-Pacific Journal
Michael Ekers, University of Toronto
Rajyashree Reddy, University of Toronto
Chunsik Lee, University of North Florida
Illhoi Yoo, University of Missouri School of Medicine
Laura Hyun Yi Kang, University of California, Irvine
Hak-Seon Lee, James Madison University
Daekyung Kim, James Madison University
Eun-Ho Yeo, Plymouth State University
Jamie Jungmin Yoo, Harvard University
Renato Azevedo, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Tae-Ung Baik, University of Hawaii, Manoa
Sookeung Jung, Georgia State University
Alon Levkowitz, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Mark Hunter, University of Toronto
Jennifer Hyndman, York University
Dina Al-kassim, University of British Columbia
Sapana Doshi, University of Arizona
Don Baker, University of British Columbia
Minelle Mahtani, University of Toronto
Jiyoung Park, University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Sanggon Nam, Pfeiffer University
Sumi Cho, University of Michigan
David K. Seitz, University of Toronto
Yuson Jung, Wayne State University
Tae Yang Kwak, Ramapo College of New Jersey
Jisun Yu, Concordia University
Hyoju Lee, Claremont School of Theology
Hyo-Dong Lee, Drew University
Boudewijn Walraven, Leiden University
Nathaniel Roberts, Max Planck Institute
Alison Mountz, Wilfrid Laurier University
Tessa Morris-Suzuki, Australian National University
Eva Hansson, Stockholm University
Jong Choi, California State University, Bakersfield
Kyuhoon Cho, National University of Singapore
Sujung Kim, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Patricia Landolt, University of Toronto
Caren Kaplan, University of California, Davis
Sohoon Lee, University of Sydney