Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.

Let me give you an example: Sentence: The Obama administration is developing additional screening protocols for airline passengers both overseas and in the United States to control infectious diseases such as Ebola, President Barack Obama said Monday .<sep>Span: Obama administration
The answer to this example can be: What was the duration of the Obama administration?
Here is why: It is an inquisitive question based on the specific span of the sentence.

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Sentence: In an interview aired late Monday by a new cable television outlet , Fusion , President Barack Obama declined to discuss the communications monitoring operations of the National Security Agency , including whether the NSA tapped the telephones of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and 34 other world leaders .<sep>Span: declined to discuss the communications
Answer:
Why did he decline to discuss it?