A major leak affecting the United States currently was the recent release of the names of
companies, government agencies and organizations that had called D.C. Madame’s escort service
between 2000 and 2006. Deborah Jeane Palfrey, also referred to as D.C. Madame, is accused by
federal prosecutors of running a prostitution ring earning more than $2 million over thirteen
years. Palfrey’s business began in 1993 and she contends that her escort service was legitimate.
As Palfrey’s lawyer, Montgomery Blair Sibley, mounted his defense in the case, he was granted
permission to identify 5,902 phone numbers that showed up in Palfrey’s records. As part of her
defense, they offered to expose the clientele by releasing phone records. Verizon Wireless aided …show more content…
The information retrieved from Verizon Wireless was never utilized nor shared and
Palfrey’s former lawyer claims that this information would “contain information relevant to the
upcoming presidential election.” Louisiana Senator David Vitter experienced the consequences
of using D.C. Madame’s services when he telephone number was disclosed. While Vitter’s
expose did not lose him the election for senator in 2010, it did lose him his election for governor
in 2015.
Sibley has asked the United States Supreme Court to allow him to release the records of
D.C. Madame’s escort service due to their potential effect on the 2016 presidential election. A
judge’s restraining order in 2007 prohibited him from sharing the telephone records he received
while mounting his defense for Palfrey. If the Supreme Court won’t back Sibley, he’s threatened
to release the identifying information of Palfrey’s customers. Sibley argues that “The delay by
this court and resolution of this application in hindsight will intentionally favor one presidential
candidate over others by protecting that candidate from the release of the D.C. Madame’s phone
records, which the attorney maintains are relevant to this election
companies, government agencies and organizations that had called D.C. Madame’s escort service
between 2000 and 2006. Deborah Jeane Palfrey, also referred to as D.C. Madame, is accused by
federal prosecutors of running a prostitution ring earning more than $2 million over thirteen
years. Palfrey’s business began in 1993 and she contends that her escort service was legitimate.
As Palfrey’s lawyer, Montgomery Blair Sibley, mounted his defense in the case, he was granted
permission to identify 5,902 phone numbers that showed up in Palfrey’s records. As part of her
defense, they offered to expose the clientele by releasing phone records. Verizon Wireless aided …show more content…
The information retrieved from Verizon Wireless was never utilized nor shared and
Palfrey’s former lawyer claims that this information would “contain information relevant to the
upcoming presidential election.” Louisiana Senator David Vitter experienced the consequences
of using D.C. Madame’s services when he telephone number was disclosed. While Vitter’s
expose did not lose him the election for senator in 2010, it did lose him his election for governor
in 2015.
Sibley has asked the United States Supreme Court to allow him to release the records of
D.C. Madame’s escort service due to their potential effect on the 2016 presidential election. A
judge’s restraining order in 2007 prohibited him from sharing the telephone records he received
while mounting his defense for Palfrey. If the Supreme Court won’t back Sibley, he’s threatened
to release the identifying information of Palfrey’s customers. Sibley argues that “The delay by
this court and resolution of this application in hindsight will intentionally favor one presidential
candidate over others by protecting that candidate from the release of the D.C. Madame’s phone
records, which the attorney maintains are relevant to this election