The documents he put down his pants musta been extraordinarily incriminating......he was scared silly somebody would see what was in them.
He was paranoid enough to make sure they left the building with him, and resorted to stuffing them down his pants, like some cheap crook shoplifting underwear at Wal-Mart.
These are the desperate actions of a very, very worried individual.
It really depends on what the word "pants" means.
Good post. Very succint analysis.
There must have been a few cameras on in that secure room. What a fool Sandy Burger is! Security advisor, indeed!