After an opening conversation which was quite meaningless as the lawyer obtained with Maddy's help did not know the true facts, Billy decided that he had to trust the lawyer, but... Billy leaned over and whispered to the lawyer, "We may be being listened to; so it's illegal but - some of the charges made against me are fake and I know why. Costello, who I worked for, does deals with corrupt Fed's and uses them to remove threats ... like me."
The lawyer seemed somewhat shocked.
Billy continued "Captain Queenan, my real boss and now dead, found conformation of this. You need a subpoena to get any evidence from Queenan's office at the State Police Headquarters. Find Staff Sergeant Dignum - he ran out on me but if you tell him that Staff Sergeant Sullivan, or someone close to him, is responsible for Queenan's murder he may be willing to help me. If not, get another subpoena and get my secret Police Employment Record from the Police Staff Database. In fact do that first of all. I have the password. And have a, ... trustworthy, senior cop or cops witness it all, if only for the trial. Only if they agree to help me can you tell them everything - what I know about the Fed's and Sullivan, Costello's Mole, is dynamite."
Finally, and after Billy had repeated everything more slowly, the lawyer agreed and left the interview room.
The listening Fed's were not happy, but did not dare to question the lawyer about what had been said. "Anyway", said Supervisor Morris to Agent Connolly, "Costegan's record speaks volumes".
