Sibley said the list includes some well-known politicians.
"It's a statistical certainty that there are a fair amount of high-profile people who use the service, all across the government and private sector, here in the metropolitan D.C. area," said Sibley.
Not only is Palfrey threatening to expose, embarrass and possibly subpoena clients, but she's taking a combative tone with prosecutors. On her Web site, she admits e-mailing them and promising to make the legal situation "long and unpleasant."
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Oh, this would be just sweet. Get out the popcorn and turn on TiVo.
Racketeering? This is such an overcharge. For crying out loud, she was running a call girl operation, not the mob.
This list has got to come out sooner or later. Where are those guys who constantly leak national security info to the NYT when we need them?
That little black book weighs forty-six pounds...I don't think it will fit in your pocket.
Sell the book!
SELL IT!!!!! SELL !!!! SELL !!! SELL !!!
What a hoot it would be to have the cable newsies' spend a week or two tearing through that stuff.
If you're gonna do it girl, just do it. Otherwise with all of this threatening, she'd probably be wise to watch her back.
Maybe her clients should start a defence fund where they can contribute anonymously. (Give it 501C3 status; so they can make tax deductible contributions.)
I doubt if she really intends to sell it. She probably has many former clients who are in a position to make life very difficult for those involved in prosecuting her.
She (or her lawyer) has been saying that she has no choice, but to sell the list, because it is the only significant asset which she still controls. Of course, if her other assets were returned, and her main problem was made to go away, there would be no need to sell the list.
So would some foreign intelligence services and al Qaeda I'll bet....
Please, Madame, put the names on the internet. Your nation needs you. Answer the call.