Red- 35 years ago, a Naval intelligence officer working for the U.S. government fell, fell into a relationship
 with a beautiful Russian woman.
  Unbeknownst to his superiors, that relationship, which started as guarded attraction, quickly evolved into passion,
  which resulted in pregnancy.
    They had the child. A girl,  whom they both loved.
  What the Naval officer didn't know, but certainly should have suspected,
  was that the Russian woman was a KGB officer. 
  That Katarina Rostova had been assigned to get close to Raymond Reddington
and steal classified information from him.
  What Reddington could never have suspected was that though she was a KGB agent,
  Rostova's real handlers were members of a secret criminal organization,
  a multinational cabal working in the shadows to manipulate world governments,
 economic markets, trade, and international alliances.
  When Reddington discovered this, he confronted Rostova, who warned him that if he threatened to expose them,
  the Cabal would destroy his reputation, discrediting him so he could not discredit them.
  And that's what happened.  With the help of the Cabal,  Rostova framed Reddington with the very evidence
 you've heard in this courtroom.  To prevent him from protecting his country, she made it appear
 as if he had betrayed it.  As a result, the Cabal remained in the shadows,
  Rostova disappeared, and Raymond Reddington became a completely different person.
  A man who has done many brutal, scary, illegal things but not a single one ever that was treasonous.