microphones normally used for spokesperson argues that the detecting under water noise may constitution of the united states assigned to the have actually recorded the plane's impact. president, quote, protecting the lives of americans abroad and peter goelz is joining us, a cnn protecting u.s. soldiers. aviation analyst, former he apparently was in danger. managing director at the ntsb. his health was deteriorating. so what do you make of this, they had him move quickly. being described as a long shot, otherwise, his life could have this thud, if you will, what do been in danger as a result. you make of it? >> well, long shot it is, wolf. they didn't wait 30 kdays. we talked about this, you know, >> this is a process of years some weaks ago, whether there apparently this negotiation was were any listening devices in going on. you clearly could have notified the south indian ocean. us earlier -- after twa crashed off of long >> they say they did notify in 2011. there was an extensive island, there were a number of them. discussion with democrats and we now got this return from two republicans in congress when there was some consideration of a swap, these five at guantanamo separate, one, an oceanographic bay, in exchange for bergdahl. listening device, the second tied into the nuclear monitoring at the time, there was agency from vienna. widespread opposition. the problem is, they've narrowed they say they should not have been surprised because there it down to an area the size of earlier had been consultations. texas. doesn't help us. >> i don't think they're arguing >> so as we go along more and those earlier consultations more information that we assumed complied with the law. had been reliable is now being they're arguing they really interpret this law as saying you sort of discounted, those pings, never intended to limit us in for example, those four pings