The testimony, in a confidential interview at police headquarters, will be reviewed by Chief Sullivan and department lawyers, officials said.

"That is just outrageous," she told one department lawyer.

These matters, the department lawyers said, are "still undisclosed and sensitive."

At the hearing the consumer is represented by a department lawyer.

I'll call the department lawyer then, and get myself some more free advice.

That's why department lawyers recently adopted a policy of refusing all documents relating to its declinations to prosecute.

In other cases, the department lawyers said, Federal judges have upheld the delegation of sweeping powers.

She telephoned some department lawyers from Mexico today with additional questions about the pending decision.

In recent weeks, department lawyers have said they have been unable to persuade the foreign governments to free the accounts.

At a subsequent court hearing, a department lawyer recommended the girl be returned to her family.