Gordon Johndroe, glasnogovornik Vijeća za nacionalnu sigurnost Bijele kuće, izjavio je da je američki predsjednik George W. Bush, koji prisustvuje ekonomskom samitu azijsko-pacifičkih zemalja, obaviješten o tim hapšenjima.
Gordon Johndroe, a spokesman for the White House National Security Council, said that US President George W. Bush, who is attending an economic summit of Asian-Pacific nations in Sydney, had been briefed on the arrests.