leaked names incorrect

Leaked Names Incorrect?

As I earlier posted, details about the [DEL: James :DEL] Jason

Grimsley affidavits provided a bunch of high profile names as being

implicated in the steroid/doping scandal. It now appears that those

names aren't necessarily the names of those involved.

The prosecutor says that the leaked report contained serious

inaccuracies.

The federal prosecutor overseeing an investigation of steroids in

baseball and the attorney for former pitcher Jason Grimsley

questioned a news report indicating five players, including Roger

Clemens, had used illegal performance-enhancing drugs.

The prosecutor said the report in the Los Angeles Times contained

"significant inaccuracies," including the five names in the report.

And Grimsley's attorney told The Arizona Republic that Grimsley

told agents that Clemens and his Houston Astros teammate Andy

Pettitte would "never in a million years" use illegal

performance-enhancing drugs.

The inaccuracies have to do with the names as they appear in the

report, a spokesman for San Francisco U.S. Attorney Kevin Ryan

said. The spokesman did not elaborate.

Citing sealed court filings, the Los Angeles Times reported that

former pitcher Jason Grimsley had named Clemens, his Houston Astros

teammate Andy Pettitte, and Baltimore Orioles' players Miguel

Tejada, Brian Roberts and Jay Gibbons. The story first appeared on

the Times' Web site on Saturday and was quickly seized on by print

and broadcast media outlets.

Ryan issued a statement Monday, saying: "In view of the recent news

reports purporting to identify certain athletes whose names had

been redacted from the government's search warrant filings in the

Grimsley matter, and in the interests of justice, please be advised

that these reports contain significant inaccuracies."

A spokesman for the Times had no immediate comment. The newspaper

reported that an unidentified source with access to the document

allowed the newspaper to view it, and a second source provided

additional details about the document.

Where to begin with this mess? Leaked information that may or may not

be accurate. The act of leaking the grand jury statements violates

federal law, and should be heavily punished. Now, we see that some of

the so-called leaked information may actually be misinformation.

Sounds to me like the federal prosecutors better investigate the leaks

within his office and get to the bottom of who leaked the information

to the reporters.

UPDATE:

Fixed name error.