Feds Seek To Gag D.C. Madam

[TomInTib]

I would part with some serious cash to get her customer list.

Prosecutors fear leak of sensitive client, escort information
MARCH 7--Federal prosecutors want to gag an indicted former Washington, D.C. madam who has recently threatened to go public with details about her former customers. In a motion filed Monday in U.S. District Court, investigators are seeking a protective order covering discovery material to be provided to Deborah Palfrey and her lawyers. Palfrey, 50, was indicted last week on racketeering and money laundering charges stemming from her operation of the Pamela Martin & Associates escort service, which closed last summer after 13 years in business. In their motion, a copy of which you'll find below, government lawyers claim that some discovery documents contain "personal information" about Palfrey's former johns and prostitutes that is "sensitive."

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http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0307071palfrey1.html?link=eaf

[robinlynne]

1. oh dont give me that national security shit!

[InternalDialogue]

2. What's that phrase I'm looking for?

Oh, yeah, this is it:

If they've done nothing wrong, they've got nothing to hide.