Pubdate: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 Source: Montgomery Advertiser (AL) Copyright: 2004 The Advertiser Co. Contact: http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/customerservice/letter.htm Website: http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1088 Note: Letters from the newspaper's circulation area receive publishing priority Author: Jessica M. Walker, Montgomery Advertiser Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/pot.htm (Cannabis) DEA AGENT ASKS COURT TO REMOVE PHOTO A federal agent is seeking a court order to have his photo removed from drug defendant Leon Carmichael's Web site, claiming that the picture was illegally obtained and that it poses a professional and personal danger to him. Last month, Montgomery Police Department Lt. George Salem was accused of leaking an old file photo of Drug Enforcement Administration agent Raymond David DeJohn to an investigator working for Carmichael's defense. Salem retired before facing an administrative hearing on the issue, citing health reasons. DeJohn, who does undercover work for the DEA, is a former Montgomery police officer. Carmichael is under indictment in federal court for trafficking marijuana and laundering money. The leaked photo appears on Carmichael's Web site at www.carmichaelcase.com. Carmichael's attorneys say the site was intended to be a cheap, effective way of collecting information on his case. Federal prosecutors twice have tried to have the site removed, claiming it was intended to intimidate and threaten witnesses. DeJohn's motion only seeks to have his photos removed, not shut down the entire Web site. "The government cannot introduce illegally obtained evidence in a criminal proceeding. Why then can the defendant utilize an illegally obtained photo to seek evidence in his defense?" the motion asked. The motion was filed on Monday and no hearing date has been set on the issue. Carmichael is slated to face trial on the drug and money-laundering charges in November. - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake