TASK DEFINITION: Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
PROBLEM: Sentence: But few seem as wired as these saltwater pincushions to come through the next several decades unscathed .<sep>Span: But few seem as wired

SOLUTION: Are we talking about the people that studies these creatures or the creatures themselves?

PROBLEM: Sentence: John Hickenlooper , appearing on CNN on Sunday morning , expressed hope that many of the missing are simply out of reach of communications , and have " already gotten out or ( are ) staying with friends . " " But , " he added , " we ' re still bracing .<sep>Span: " we ' re still bracing

SOLUTION: Bracing for what?

PROBLEM: 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

SOLUTION:
Why did he decline to discuss it?