Sounds familar from Libby's case? I am sure Fitzgerald knows this sort of strategy.. ;-)
From The Blotter:
A high-profile defense lawyer in a major CIA bribery case is using a subtle form of extortion that could delay or undermine his client's trial, government prosecutors accused in a new court filing.
Attorney Mark Geragos is refusing to submit to a background investigation required to grant him a security clearance, which would allow him to review classified evidence against his client, Brent Wilkes.
Geragos has represented such "name" clients as pop legend Michael Jackson, convicted wife-killer Scott Peterson, former Congressman Gary Condit and actress Winona Ryder, among others.
Wilkes, who ran San Diego, Calif.-based intelligence contractor ADCS Inc., is charged with bribing former Congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham and former CIA executive director Kyle "Dusty" Foggo for government contracts and other favors.
"I think the [government's] constitutional obligations" to turn over relevant documents and information "trump any statutory provision" to protect classified information, Geragos argued in an earlier filing.
In a motion filed late last week, government lawyers accused Geragos of "practicing a...subtle variation of graymail," a tactic used by defense lawyers in national security cases to force the government to drop criminal charges or risk compromising national secrets.
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