Putting legislation on hold

"Did you take care of that for me?" asks McNeil.

In Exhibit 64 (audio), McNeil double checks that Ford put the legislation on hold. He did.

This was important because the FBI could not allow the legislation to hit the Senate floor and be passed into law. Ford had already helped them write the document, get co-sponsors and get moving so far into the Senate, that it was almost ready to go to a vote. This was a problem for the FBI. They needed Ford to hold off so they could gather more evidence.

Ford does put the legislation on hold as asked. Of course, he has no idea that he's digging his own grave as he does this. Instead, he thinks it's because McNeil is working out an ownership issue with his partner.

But Ford is no fool. He knows something is up and that someone is out to get him - only he doesn't suspect McNeil. He's still convinced that Alana Turner is the informant.