-Caveat Lector- http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/16/politics/16INQU.html The New York Times June 16, 2001 Judge Unseals Court Ruling on Leaks in Torricelli Inquiry Snipped down to here Judge Lifland indirectly identified the Justice Department official as Alan Gershel, who served as a deputy assistant attorney general from January through October 2000, since his ruling refers to a separate filing by the Justice Department itself in which Mr. Gershel is described as "that official" who provided information for the Star-Ledger article. Dale Leibach, a spokesman for Mr. Torricelli, said the senator would appeal Judge Lifland's ruling. "The unprecedented release of confidential grand jury information in this inquiry has brought the condemnation of senior Congressional Democrats and Republicans," Mr. Leibach said. "Every American should be offended." A dose of his own medicine ? "The defendant was untruthful with many falsehoods and lies," Justice Department prosecutor Alan Gershel said in his closing argument. "This lie is built on a house of cards. One lie begets another lie. At the end of the day, it all falls apart." Gershel contended Bakaly initially tried to hide his role from Starr's investigators and the court, but later changed his story and admitted he provided some information for the article. **** Former Starr spokesman cleared of contempt charges October 7, 2000 Web posted at: 5:51 HKT (0551 GMT) WASHINGTON (CNN) - The former spokesman for Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr was cleared Friday of criminal contempt charges stemming from a controversy over leaks to the news media during the Monica Lewinsky scandal. U.S. District Judge Norma Holloway Johnson Friday found Charles G. Bakaly III not guilty of the charges. Bakaly had been accused of leaking information about President Clinton to the media and then denying it. "Even if some of his statements are misleading by their negative implication that Mr. Bakaly was not a source of information that he in fact supplied or confirmed, such a finding does not provide a sufficient basis for a criminal contempt conviction for making false statements," Johnson wrote in a 50-page ruling. Holloway had initiated the case after Clinton's lawyer, David Kendall, filed a complaint. Johnson conducted a six-day, nonjury trial of Bakaly in July. The Justice Department, which had declined to indict Bakaly, served as prosecutor at Johnson's request. One of Bakaly's lawyers, Robert Weinberg, said Friday, "We are pleased and gratified and we believe that the judge reached the right result." Another Bakaly lawyer, Michele Roberts, said, "He's in the clear... He and I and the rest of the defense team are very pleased." Bakaly was charged with contempt for denying under oath that he was a source for a New York Times article which ran on Jan. 31, 1999, in the midst of Clinton's impeachment trial. It said Starr had decided that a sitting president could be indicted. Bakaly initially denied he was a source for the article during an investigation launched by Johnson, which dealt with whether certain leaks from Starr's office violated grand jury secrecy rules. But Bakaly later admitted that he might have "inadvertently confirmed" some of the information for the New York Times, forcing his resignation from Starr's staff in March 1999. "The defendant was untruthful with many falsehoods and lies," Justice Department prosecutor Alan Gershel said in his closing argument. "This lie is built on a house of cards. One lie begets another lie. At the end of the day, it all falls apart." Gershel contended Bakaly initially tried to hide his role from Starr's investigators and the court, but later changed his story and admitted he provided some information for the article. However, an appeals court ultimately ruled the Times article did not involve secret grand jury material. In her closing, defense lawyer Roberts scoffed at the accusation that Bakaly revealed secret matters, describing the material he disclosed as "garden variety" information discussed in every newspaper and talk show during the Lewinsky investigation. ======================================================= Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: *Michael Spitzer* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends ======================================================= <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. 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