kind of like being a prospector.

做一名勘探者

before you finally hit gold.

才能最终发现金矿

And unfortunately, the first step

很抱歉 但第一步

he told his superiors and colleagues,

他对上级和同事说过的话

all that back to us on a secure line,

将所有的东西传真过来

What do we know about this guy?

这人我们了解多少

And on top of that, we've had

最要紧的是

OK, thank you.

就这样 谢谢

Quick, little birds, flick through the ashes,

快点 小鸟们 用翅膀扇去尘土

into the pot...

放进锅里

but we can argue about that until the cows come home.

对于这个问题我们可以辩论很长时间

to get any reliable historical data out of them.

来从中获得真正可靠的历史资料