against the united states, which involves wrong doing, intended to impede the functioning of the government. they re also statues on obstructing or trying to interfere or influence the due administration of justice by committing acts like this. it could also involve using government documents for one s own benefit, converting government documents. so there s a number of criminal statutes that were potentially violated here. martha: i mentioned the potential for this person. people said that they could write books, get a position at a law university teaching and be someone who is held up for this leak, which a lot of people share your opinion about the seriousness about it. makes he wonder if the department of justice will work that hard to get to the bottom of it given the political