That was President Obama talking privately he thought to the President of Russia, the

Mietri Medvedev, at a summit in Seoul, South Korea in March 2012. Obama was speaking candidly,

telling Medvedev that once he was reelected that November, as he confidently assumed he

would be, he would have more freedom to cut a missile defense deal with the Russians, and not have

to worry about pesky complaints from Republicans that he was giving away the store. What Obama didn't

know is that his chummy words with the Russian President were caught on an open mic and were being

broadcast to the world, turning it into a minor election year embarrassment. And did you catch

Medvedev's response? I understand, I transmit this information to Vladimir. That's Vladimir Putin

he was referring to, who was about to replace Medvedev for his second stint as President of Russia.

The incident was a reminder of the modern perils of summit diplomacy, an incident well worth

exploring in the wake of the Helsinki meeting between President Trump and the very same Vladimir

Putin. We'll discuss on today's buried treasure. I'm Michael Isikov, chief investigative correspondent for Yahoo News.

And I'm Dan Clyde, manager and chief of Yahoo News.

You know, Dan, that incident with Obama and Medvedev barely remembered today is kind of telling,

because first of all, it was an example of what the Republicans said were Obama's plans to cut

some sort of private deal with the Russians that the public wouldn't even know about. In fact,

there was a great quote, which appears in a book by the way Russian roulette. I'm not sure if you're

familiar with it. Never heard of it. Yeah, ever heard of it. It's still in bookstores and available on

Amazon, but it talks about this incident and how Republicans pounced. Quote, but for the accident of

an open microphone, the president's intentions would have been known by Mr. Putin, but not by the

American people. That was Republican Senator Roger Wicker of Mississippi. And that's kind of an

interesting quote in light of the uproar over the fact that President Trump made it clear he was

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