We started out this morning with a political briefing from our intrepid retired Colonel Ann Wright, who has been busting her butt on this project for the past year! Ann told us that the Greek Foreign Ministry came out with a statement that the flotilla is "not helpful" and encouraged Greek citizens as well as ships under Greek registry not to take part in the new flotilla. The Greek government, which has growing economic and military ties with Israel, said that while it is against the blockade of Gaza and the use of violence to prevent ships from reaching the coastal strip, the flotilla will not help the humanitarian situation. Ann speculated that the Israelis are putting intense pressure on the Greek government to stop the flotilla.