“Let it slip through SIU that you have a sealed wiretap warrant for...” – Billy Costigan, The Departed ... Movie Quotes Database

Let it slip through SIU that you have a sealed wiretap warrant for Costello's apartment. Don't tell ANYONE in our division, but tell SIU. Flush it down the pipe and see if it comes out on my end, alright? That's what we do first, we narrow it down.

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Billy Costigan When are you gonna take Costello, huh? I mean, what's wrong with taking him on any one of the million **** felonies that you've seen him do or that I've seen him do? He murders somebody, right? The guy **** murders somebody and you don't **** take him! What are you waiting for, honestly? I mean, do you want him to chop me up and feed me to the poor? Is that what you guys want? Billy Costigan Costello recorded everything. He put all the tapes in a little box and kept them with his lawyer, that was his insurance. His lawyer came to me. Imagine that, you rat ****. Costello trusted me more than anyone. Sound quality good enough? Cause I was a little worried. Billy Costigan Let me tell you something. They signed up to use their weapons. Most of them, all right. But they watch enough TV, so they know they have to weep after they use their weapons. There is no one more full of shit than a cop. Except for a cop on TV.