Imagine that you are an investigator and have access to an insider whose credibility could not be impeached and that this insider could lay out exactly what the defendant did with the money or told his victims. You would spend days with that insider, figuring out how to ask the right questions to elicit the information you need to make your case. Documents and data can be the equivalent of those potential insiders, and prosecutors and agents should treat them as such. With some time and the right mindset, documents and data can be turned into the equivalent of a “smoking gun,” strengthening cases and even helping make them in the first place.