what the fbi told the reporter the possibility came up within we were seeking to protect the family. we weren t authorizing it, we weren t approving it but what we did is say look we re going to check this out for you to let you know if we know he s a known criminal the guy delivering the money. exactly right. and we ll provide you with other intelligence what that was is not entirely clear, and the family went ahead. and as you point out, the ransom was paid in 2012 quite some time ago, and weinstein was not released. and the government has said what about what it did? well, the government s saying that its policy remains in intact. it does not condone the payment of ransom because it believes it would put at risk other u.s. citizens. criminals will seek to kidnap them because they know this is a source of financing. so the government s saying we re not for this but the fbi and the government and others have sent families mixed messages. at times said look in this