that in these boxes were information regarding defense and weapons capabilities, nuclear programs, potential vulnerabilities of the u.s. and its allies and plans for possible retaliation. that s a lot of sensitive information. it s a lot of sensitive information that has relevance in the present time. i mean this is the difference between cases of, say, old historical documents. the information that we know right now is relevant to the united states standing and our national security for two reasons. one is and jack smith makes this absolutely clear in the first paragraph, our allies. our allies have a reliance interest on us as we do on them, that the information they share with us, whether it s through a mechanism of nato or whatever, that the intelligence shared amongst allies to protect ourselves against common en enemies, say russia, for example, will be protected, and