Leaked Names Incorrect?

As I earlier posted, details about the JamesJason 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.