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...lawyer for Matthew C. Thomas ’06-’07–the Harvard football captain who faces assault charges relating to a June 5 incident with his ex-girlfriend–asked a judge today to place a gag order on the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office and the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD...
Michael J. McHugh ’73, Thomas’ lawyer, told Cambridge District Court Judge George R. Sprague ’60 that he was concerned about the effect of widespread media coverage on the case...
Privacy? They posed for Vanity Fair. Their embrace of the limelight could hurt them. But before columnist Robert Novak ran Plame's name, citing White House sources, she was unknown. Said her lawyer Christopher Wolf: "She was dragged into the public square...
What do they want? Compensation and punitive damages. Plame also wants Administration officials to be held responsible for "shameful conduct." Cynical observers note Plame has a book deal to promote. "This is a ploy," says a Republican lawyer familiar with the defense, "to have their names front and center...
Could they win? Federal officials are immune to most suits for actions that are within their duties-- and a G.O.P. lawyer says Cheney, Rove and Libby were "government employees simply engaged in rebutting allegations." But constitutional expert Erwin Chemerinsky, who's on the Plame-Wilson legal team, is confident: "The evidence is clear that the defendants abused their power." The case could be put on hold until after Libby's prosecution for perjury in connection with the case. In any event, it's likely to cost the defendants thousands in legal fees--and devour energies at the White House...