decision to make. ambassador taylor, we learned yesterday that the u.s. ambassador to russia met with detained wall street journal reporter evan ger sh goe wits. i think the concern amongst reporters, among evan s friend and those who believe has been made very clear that the allegations are fraudulent and aren t based on reality, that he kind of fades out of view and that s a problem if there s not public sentiment continually pushing for this. can you take us behind the scenes as a foreign service officer, what s happening as they try to work towards securing a release? so, phil, it s not behind the scenes. it s not out of the minds of u.s. officials. the u.s. government in all of its elements is focussed on getting him out. wrongfully detained means he is