passengers as can be identified. i want to clarify reports of the fbi on the way there. the fbi is already there. they have fbi there full time in kuala lumpur, full time at u.s. embassy in beijing, fulltime at u.s. embassy in thailand. so they already would be providing assistance, accessing information, systems and databases of the fbi from the very beginning of this incident or beginning when the plane disappeared. given that proximity, that s a real advantage. to what extent are they assisting and is that kind of cooperation just a given by virtue of the fact it s there or does a special request have to be made? no. they work closely with malaysian police every day and china every day. this would be immediate. they wouldn t have to do formal requests. they are already there. that s the basis of being there and already having the permission of the country to have that office in the embassy in the country. so they would already be
aircraft entered this zone that china has declared is their air zone. we are saying this is a pan am flight. we don t mean you any harm. we are alerting them, who we are. they re responding to chinese air traffic controllers. a flight from tokyo to hong kong or tokyo to taipei. they re radioed by chinese air traffic controllers. they have to then respond by gig their coordinates and anything else the chinese might ask. japanese airlines are not doing that. we were not on the same page originally which shows a little daylight between us which should never be the case during a situation like this. one last thing. president biden talked to young chinese students waiting for visas at the u.s. embassy in beijing. take a listen. innovation can only occur where you can breathe free. challenge the government. challenge your teachers.
have you heard anything from the north koreanens why he was taken off the plane and why they are holding him? we haven t heard anything. we worked through the state department from the day that he was supposed to depart, initially through the contact was made by his traveling companion to the u.s. embassy in beijing. that started the diplomatic wheels turning, but we ve heard nothing. i know his traveling companion was allowed to leave and he s the one that alerted authorities once he landed in beijing. i understand there was a discussion the day before your dad was to leave about his service. do you know anything about that? what i ve heard is from his traveling come wpanion, who was in the meeting, one of two tour guides who was with the tourist the entire time went to a
companion to the u.s. embassy in beijing. that started the diplomatic wheels turning, but we ve heard nothing. i know his traveling companion was allowed to leave and he s the one that alerted authorities once he landed in beijing. i understand there was a discussion the day before your dad was to leave about his service. do you know anything about that? what i ve heard is from his traveling companion, who wasn t in the meeting, one of two tour guides who was with the tourist the entire time went to a meeting where there were one or two other korean authorities. the korean war was discussed and my dad s role in the service, and the meeting concluded. i understand that my dad was a bit bothered, but really didn t go into any detail with his traveling companion.
the use of encryption apps might be an on stack cal for u.s. law enforcement. there s still a good chance big brother is listening. one way around is for the law enforcement to hack into the user s phone using spy ware so the government can still eavesdrop but with the software, it s considerably more difficult. shepard: thank you. that blind chinese activist who made a daring escape from house arrest may have to find a new home here in the united states. according to thing in post university, new york university booted the civil rights activist from its campus. the blind activist managed to escape house arrest by scaling a wall and bouncing into the u.s. embassy in beijing. he had actively campaigned against china s human rights record, including its one child policy, and its program of forced abortions and materialization. soon after the escaped. chinese officials let him move