Though Martoma kept up a hard front, he felt increasingly vulnerable. He was starting to feel like Munno was trying to sabotage his career by going behind his back and sowing doubts about him with Cohen. He tried to double-check some of the information he was getting from Gilman with another doctor working on the trial, whom he found through a different expert network firm, Wall Street Access. Then in April, Martoma begged Gilman, his prized contact, to talk with Munno and Slate and encourage them to calm down a little.

