considering a diplomatic boycott of the games in order to send a signal there, and that's about human rights abuses much more broadly in china that we've been tracking for years, but also when it comes to peng shuai, cnn reached out to the olympic committee to ask for a reaction to the situation. i want to read for you what they said in response. experience shows that quiet diplomacy offers the best opportunity to find a solution for questions of such nature. this explains where the ioc will not comment any further on this stage. compare that to what we've heard from steve simon. >> right, and i actually was emailing with mark adams, their spokesperson and said you're kidding me, nothing really? the assurances -- happy to have assurances that she's safe which we don't even have those assurances anymore. this is what the ioc does. they have what they have done. they have failed to hold that leverage that they have over beijing in 2008. imagine, kate, if in '02, '03,