Jeremy Corbell

I didn't know we were going to get classified material during that first trip.

I hoped that we would get interviews and talk about classified programs, but I had no idea that we'd get this cache of very sensitive documents and hadn't really thought about how to get them out.

But back then, at least I don't read Russian, but our Russian interpreters were able to help navigate the documents.

And they would stamp these things, at least at that time, on the front page.

They stamped it that indicated the security clearance level.

And I realized, well, look, if I just take the top pages off these documents, you know, I'll just throw the rest of them, the bulk of the reports into my suitcase.

And and that's what I did.

You know, and that we decided that the morning we were leaving Moscow.

And if you've ever been to Moscow, you got to go through like five or six checkpoints before you ever get on the plane.

It was some tense moments there.

You know, there were some tense moments.

I mean, I would I would still be there.

Yeah, I think so.

I mean, there's a there's a limit, though.

There's a red line you don't want to cross.

I don't think you want to tip your hand off how much progress we've made.

But an acknowledgment, I guess it would have to be the president, an acknowledgment.

Hey, this phenomenon is real.

We don't know where it's from.

We're working on it.