Babboof confessed immediately and proudly, telling his interrogator quote, convinced as I am that the present government is oppressive. And then shortly after this, Babboof wrote directly to the directors quote, do you consider it beneath you to negotiate with me as one power to another? He later says, when he's asked about this in court, he says, well, I was trying to frighten the directory so they wouldn't pursue innocent Democrats. The other thing that Babboof believes is that he thinks that his arrest and the arrest of his allies call themselves equals and they come to be known as the equals. So he has a political strategy.