Considering the current climate, I don't think either of us could really be blamed for ensuring we're protected.

[he shrugs slightly, there, resting an elbow on the table and propping himself on it.]

I didn't authorize anything that happened with them, just like I'd expect you would say you didn't authorize the theft of any.

[because he knows both sides evidently had them, according to all of the reports he received on the incident.]