[CTRL] Prosecutor Is Investigating Possible Leak

[Jim Rarey]

-Caveat Lector- http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/11/politics/11leak.html?pagewanted=print&position=   September 11, 2004 Prosecutor Is Investigating Possible Leak By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ASHINGTON, Sept. 10 (AP) - A federal prosecutor is investigating whether two reporters for The New York Times were leaked information about an inquiry into the financing of terrorism that may have tipped off the subjects of the inquiry. The United States attorney in Chicago, Patrick Fitzgerald, notified the newspaper in a letter last week that he intended to subpoena the telephone records of its reporters Philip Shenon and Judith Miller. A lawyer for The Times, Floyd Abrams, confirmed receipt of the letter and said he was negotiating with Mr. Fitzgerald in the hope of preventing the telephone company records from being subpoenaed. Neither The Times nor its reporters have received subpoenas, Mr. Abrams said. Mr. Fitzgerald is trying to determine whether anyone in the government tipped off the Times reporters about a plan in December 2001 to seize the assets of the Global Relief Foundation on suspicion that it was financing terrorism. According to a staff report from the Sept. 11 commission, the F.B.I. had intended to obtain secret surveillance warrants to monitor the reaction of the group after its overseas offices were searched. "This plan went awry," the report said, when Global Relief learned of it, apparently when a Times reporter called to ask if it knew of a plan by the government to freeze its assets. Copyright 2004 The New York Times Company | Home | Privacy Policy | Search | Corrections | RSS | Help | Back to Top www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om