Deborah Jeane Palfrey Update #21

Received an email from Ms. Palfrey's attorney Montgomery Blair Sibley. Mr. Sibley writes:

Greetings:

Three developments of note:At the hearing before Judge Kessler on Tuesday, August 28th, the scheduled suppression hearing was adjourned until September 7th at 10:00 AM in Courtroom 26A. Before the start of that suppression hearing, Judge Kessler will conduct an in camera interview of Jeane prior to determining Jeane's motion to (i) replace her present counsel, Preston Burton, with me, and (ii) allow Jeane at times to represent herself in what is known as Hybrid Representation.

Second, Jeane has retained the services of Cataphora, a small Silicon Valley search and data analysis company, to assist her in preparing her defense. A recent article regarding this collaboration is available from RedHerring.com.

Last, today Jeane filed with the Court her pro se "Motion for Pretrial Conference to Consider Matters Relating to Classified Information" under the "Classified Information Procedures Act".

This filing alerts the government that Jeane's defense will likely involved the disclosure of evidence and identities presently deemed "Classified" by the U.S. government.After the hearing on September 7th, Jeane will read a brief written statement and she or I will answer a few questions.

Here is an excerpt from Red Herring.com:

Now the woman at the center of Washington’s most titillating scandal in years is hoping to bolster her defense by hiring a small Silicon Valley search and data analysis company that she hopes will be able to mine a treasure trove of phone records, Congressional papers and other documents to draw up a much longer list of her clients.

That could put Cataphora, a relatively unknown Redwood City, California-based company, at the center of one of the most closely-watched scandals in Washington in recent memory.

“It could be the cornerstone of our defense,” Ms. Palfrey's attorney, Montgomery Blair Sibley, said of Cataphora’s work.

Privately-held Cataphora will analyze thousands of pages of Ms. Palfrey’s old telephone records—which do not have names attached to them—to names and numbers subpoenaed from telephone companies. Ms. Palfrey has said she knew most of her customers by first names or aliases only. And Mr. Sibley said her telephone records are the only evidence she has not yet destroyed.

It looks like Ms. Palfrey is expanding her list of clients to be exposed. And I look for many government officials on that expanded list to be exposed. I will be writing the lateston Ms. Palfrey next week for Newsinkling.org.