Julia Cowley

And he found out I only had five years in the bureau.

And he said, oh, you seem like you have a lot longer in the bureau.

And I think it was that moment where I realized, OK, I think I do know something.

I have learned something because I felt at least up to that point that I was just treading water.

trying to learn everything that I can and not really knowing.

And then what I got really comfortable with throughout my whole career in the FBI is not knowing everything, but knowing who to go to.

And I think that was the most important thing, knowing who the experts were, who could explain something to me, knowing what I didn't know,

That was critical.

And there's no way I could have survived and had any success without other people and their knowledge and expertise helping me along the way.

And if you get comfortable in that, you just know who to go to, know who who knows what they're doing and who's going to do a good job and who's going to explain things to you, then you will be successful.

And that's how I felt like, OK, I may not know everything, but I can certainly find the people who do.

Usually we will become involved if we're invited.

You have to remember that relationships are important.

And the FBI, despite maybe some misconceptions or the way we're portrayed in the movie, we don't want to come in and just take over.

We don't want to do that.

That's how you destroy relationships.

So you wait to be invited in.

But there are also, you know, if you're working well with the state and locals, there kind of becomes...

a time where you realize this case is better suited to go federal.

This case is better suited to be prosecuted locally.