and maybe years ahead. there have been discussions about selling of access to this material to both newspaper outlets and other places. to the best of your knowledge, is fencing stolen material a crime? >> yes, it is. >> and would selling the access of classified material stome stolen from the united states -- is that a crime? >> it would be. it can be complicated, but fencing or selling stolen property is a crime. >> if i am a news report for fill in the blank and i sell stolen material is that legal because i am a newspaper reporter? >> if you are hawking stolen jewelry it is as a crime. >> if i am hawking stolen

jewelry it is as a crime. >> if i am hawking stolen information for possession of profit, is that not a crime? >> i think that could have first amendment implications. >> entering into a deal to sell stolen material. >> i cannot answer that. >> if there are people helping steal the prevailing information, shouldn't be be concerned? >> we should be concerned about all of the facts surrounding stolen facts. >> interesting over the munich conference where we had

>> interesting over the munich conference where we had individuals telling us individuals were in possession of this information and eager to sell it to other news organizations. is that a legitimate worry? >> i don't want to get into the the details. we are looking at the totality. >> i have host of other