>> and, nic, what more you can tell us about the detection of moussa koussa and that he found refuge in great britain? >> reporter: well, the government here is really struggling to come up with a plausible answer. they've said that he was given time off because he was sick, because he was old, because he had blood problems, because he had other health issues, but that doesn't really match with what they were telling us until the news broke. they were saying he'll be back at any moment. it seems that the government's putting up the best -- putting up the best face that they can on this, but the reality is that they've spent almost 24 hours to come up with any sort of an answer. he's very an important and political figure here and an intelligence figures, head of intelligence for 15 years. so this is a blow to the regime. and they're really struggling to overcome it at the moment, fredricka. >> nic robertson thanks so much in tripoli iappreciate that. meantime in this country we're keeping a close watch on