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'Shock and Awe' in D.C. Madam Case
Legal Times
April 07, 2008
That subpoena that U.S. District Judge James Robertson refused to quash last Friday in the case of D.C. Madam Deborah Jeane Palfrey?
Turns out it was Sen. David Vitter, the Louisiana Republican who admitted to sinning last summer after his name turned up in Palfrey's phone records.
During jury selection today, Palfrey's lawyer, Preston Burton, identified Vitter as a possible witness. Burton, a partner at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, also named Randall Tobias, a former senior State Department official who last year was linked to the escort service, Pamela Martin and Associates, and promptly resigned his post. Tobias said he received massages from Palfrey's employees but no illegal sex.
The government, too, has an alleged former client on the list. Prosecutors named military strategist Harlan Ullman, whom Palfrey identified as a client in court filings last April. Ullman, who is known for co-developing the "shock and awe" warfare strategy, has refused to respond to Palfrey's allegations.
Neat aside: Bracewell & Giuliani's Marc Mukasey, son of the attorney general, represented Ullman following Palfrey's disclosure. In an e-mail, Mukasey told the BLT that he's "no longer representing anyone in the matter."
First reported in The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
