Padilla lawyer warned in leak

A lawyer for suspected Al Qaeda operative Jose Padilla violated a court order by leaking his wiretapped phone conversations, a judge found in Miami.

U.S. District Judge Marcia Cooke ordered all defense lawyers in the case to sign papers indicating they understood and would follow rules barring disclosure of certain evidence.

Cooke also said she might hold in contempt anyone who receives such prohibited material.

“The lash is about to fall on all,” Cooke said. “We’re going to have a trial, as much as possible as we can, a trial on the evidence, and not on anything else.”