Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Loophole (2007)

Diane Neal: ADA Casey Novak

Quotes 

• Casey Novak : [When the detectives are looking at the tapes found at Milstead's apartment]  If that boy's about to be abused on camera, I don't need to see it right now.

  Detective John Munch : Relax, Counselor. These tapes are G-rated.

• Casey Novak : [to Olivia]  I'm sorry, Liv, but there's nothing I can do. It's over.

  Detective Olivia Benson : Well, I'm not gonna stop.

  Casey Novak : Okay, then hire a civil attorney.

  Detective Olivia Benson : This isn't about money.

  Casey Novak : I am talking about your career in a flaming, downward spiral. Look, Charley Moss called his friend the district attorney about your visit and started throwing out phrases like "conflict of interest" and "abuse of power."

  Detective Olivia Benson : Danforth Chemical is the one abusing their power. They committed 12 counts of Assault Two.

  Casey Novak : Which is not a sex crime.

  Detective Olivia Benson : Assault Two: "intentionally causing stupor by administering without consent..."

  Casey Novak : Intentionally means you're gonna have to prove intent.

  Detective Olivia Benson : That company treated those people like lab rats and I'd like to stick it to the EPA too.

  Casey Novak : Okay, even if you had a case, the federal government and its agencies have blanket immunity.

  Detective Olivia Benson : And Diego Benitez has follicular lymphoma. Who do we hold accountable for that?

  Casey Novak : You are thinking like a victim, Liv. If you were thinking like a cop, you'd realize it's not that simple.

  Detective Olivia Benson : And neither was Tuskegee or Willowbrook. This is no different. Those people sprayed poison.

  Casey Novak : Those people didn't spray it. Seth Millstead sprayed it and he's dead. Now, if you want to charge Danforth chemical, you're gonna have to prove that their chemical caused Diego's cancer.