-Caveat Lector- from: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/ap/washington/story.html?s=v/ap/1999012 9/pl/starr_steele_1.html Friday January 29 12:26 PM ET Some Starr Files To Be Kept Secret By PETE YOST Associated Press Writer ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - A federal judge today ordered some material kept secret in a case stemming from Kenneth Starr's investigation of President Clinton after a prosecutor expressed concern that disclosure would ``tip off targets'' in the ongoing probe. U.S. District Judge Claude Hilton said lawyers for Julie Hiatt Steele, who is accused of obstruction and making a false statement in Starr's investigation, must not disseminate material they receive from Starr's office in preparing for trial. The material includes FBI interviews with witnesses. Ms. Steele was a witness in Starr's investigation of a suspected cover-up of an alleged unwanted sexual advance by Clinton on former White House volunteer Kathleen Willey. Steele lawyers Nancy Luque and Dan Marino said Starr's request for a court order to restrict use of the material was highly unusual. Eight news organizations including The Associated Press asked Hilton to deny Starr's request for a protective order that will keep the material off the public record. Records turned over to Ms. Steele's lawyers before the trial should not be used for ``fund-raising purposes, ... on the Geraldo show or on the Larry King show or to tip off targets of other pending investigations,'' prosecutor Jay Apperson argued. Hilton said Starr's prosecutors have an ``ongoing investigation'' and ``they are entitled'' to not have material divulged. He directed the prosecutors to identify what they consider to be sensitive information that must be kept confidential as it is turned over to Ms. Steele's lawyers. Hilton's order means that portions of court motions by Ms. Steele's lawyers which ordinarily would be filed on the public record before trial now will be filed in secret with the judge. Asked outside court what prosecutors are trying to keep confidential, Luque replied ``the truth.'' She declined to elaborate. The indictment accuses Ms. Steele of filing a false affidavit in Paula Jones' sexual harassment suit against Clinton, lying to two grand juries and attempting to influence the testimony of other witnesses. Ms. Steele in the affidavit denied that Mrs. Willey told her about the president's alleged sexual advance and asserted that Mrs. Willey asked Ms. Steele to lie to a Newsweek magazine reporter about it. Copyright © 1999 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press. DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== 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
