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Detroit Paper Seeks To Conceal Soource On Story About Prosecutor

By David Badertscher, PLL

<p><font size="2"><strong>Source: </strong><em>Crime and Justice News, </em>October 15, 2008.</font></p> <p><font size="2">"The Detroit Free Press is seeking to prevent a former federal prosecutor from attempting to obtain the identity of a reporter's unnamed sources in a 2004 story. David Ashenfelter, who covers federal courts for the paper, has been ordered to answer questions posed by lawyers representing ex-prosecutor Richard Convertino. Convertino, indicted in 2006, was acquitted last year on charges of conspiracy, obstruction of justice and making a false declaration to a court." </font></p> <p><font size="2">"Free Press attorney Herschel Fink filed motions Monday with two federal judges -- one in Detroit and one in Washington -- seeking to postpone a scheduled deposition of Ashenfelter this week. Ashenfelter wrote in 2004 that Convertino was under internal investigation for his conduct in connection with the prosecution of a suspected terrorist cell in Detroit. Convertino is suing the government in Washington, claiming it violated his privacy rights by leaking information about the probe." </font></p> <p><a href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001AF3eRHLk7WM9jmGUdb0JUYPFhn1u_S9xDbe1wYpHAzS9GZOtCf4XyC7hGBywP34ySxWW0PLTea2nlWdFi6qOPK0RFbj4uHXSFPTXIKUJafblq3-OIZvVRVIlnKgVJfINLRgueFG_xkSHKtELGC4ugbfOjeBAX-_i" shape="rect" color="#0000FF" target="_blank"><font size="2">Detroit Free Press</font></a><font size="2"> </font></p>

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