Ny times - Plane made sharp altitude and course changes

>>> AND THERE'S MORE BREAKING NEWS. THIS TIME COMING IN FROM "THE NEW YORK TIMES." WE JUST POSTED A VERY IMPORTANT REPORT, DATE LINE MALAYSIA FLIGHT 370 SAYS EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN ALTITUDE AFTER IT LOST CONTACT WITH GROUND CONTROL AND ALTERED ITS COURSE MORE THAN ONCE AS IF STILL UNDER THE COMMAND OF A PILOT, THIS ACCORDING TO AMERICAN OFFICIALS AND OTHERS FAMILIAR WITH THE INVESTIGATION. "THE NEW YORK TIMES" ADS THAT RADAR SIGNALS RECORDED BY THE MALAYSIAN MILITARY APPEAR TO SHOW THE MISSING AIRLINER CLIMBING TO 45,000 FEET ABOVE THE APPROVED ALTITUDE FOR A BOEING 777 SOON AFTER IT DISAPPEARED FROM RADAR AND MADE A SHARP TURN TO THE WEST, ACCORDING TO A PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT BY A PERSON FAMILIAR WITH THE DATA. THE RADAR TRACKED, WHICH THE MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT HAS NOT RELEASED BUT HAS PROVIDED TO THE UNITED STATES AND CHINA THEN SHOWS THE PLANE DESCENDING UNEVENLY TO AN ALTITUDE OF 23,000 FEET BELOW NORMAL CRUISING LEVELS AS IT APPROACHED THE DENSELY POPULATED ISLAND OF ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST. THERE THE PLANE TURNED FROM THE SOUTHWEST AND CLIMBED TO A HIGHER ALTITUDE AND FLEW NORTHWEST OVER THE STRAIT OF MALACCA TOWARDS THE INDIAN OCEAN. TOM FOREMAN, YOU HEARD THIS REPORT AS I READ IT TO OUR VIEWERS IN THE UNITED STATES AND AROUND THE WORLD. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT. "THE NEW YORK TIMES" IS QUOTING THEIR SOURCES. >> WOLF, MY CONCERN WITH THIS IS THE COOPERATION WITH THE MALAYSIAN AUTHORITIES. YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD PEOPLE CRITICIZING THEM ALL WEEK, THAT THEY WEREN'T SHARING ENOUGH INFORMATION, THEY WEREN'T COOPERATING AND MAKING THE DATA AVAILABLE TO THE U.S. EXPERTS. NOW SUDDENLY WE HAVE MEDIA REPORT AFTER MEDIA REPORT CITING INFORMATION FROM PEOPLE CLOSE TO THE INVESTIGATION. WHETHER IT'S TRUE OR NOT TRUE, JUST CITING THAT IS GOING TO CREATE AN ENORMOUS POLITICAL PROBLEM FOR THE NTSB AND FAA PEOPLE ON THE GROUND IN KUALA LUMPUR BECAUSE THEIR COLLEAGUES ARE GOING TO BE SAYING, IS THIS WHAT WE GET FOR SHARING WITH YOU, SUDDENLY IT'S ON "THE NEW YORK TIMES" OR ON CNN? >> THAT'S AN IMPORTANT POINT YOU MAKE. BUT IF IN FACT IT'S TRUE, THE