However, when court documents were unsealed a year and a half later, neither Clemens nor Pettitte were mentioned.
Both men have hinted at a continued investigation, at minimum, for Cosby, who became the subject of a revived inquiry after documents were unsealed this summer.
The documents were unsealed after the Fox Business Network filed a lawsuit petitioning the court to provide the public with more information about the case.
A Justice Department official said prosecutors withheld disclosure of Warsame's plea out of concerns that their ability to obtain information from him could have been jeopardized had court documents been unsealed earlier.
It questioned the impartiality of the Superior Court judge, Jon M. Alander, who initially ruled in 2006 that the documents be unsealed, arguing that he should have recused himself because he was then on a judicial task force, studying the release of public records, that included a reporter for The Courant.
The three federal charges, first reported by the Post and Courier after court documents were unsealed on Wednesday morning, include a charge tied to the deprivation of civil rights under the colour of law, a federal statute which prevents "the deprivation of any rights, privileges or immunities secured or protected by the constitution or laws of the United States".
The news also comes only a day after court documents were unsealed in a case in Delaware related to Mr. Eisner's firing of Michael Ovitz, the former Hollywood agent who received a $140 million severance package after he was ousted as president in December 1996.
About 1,500 pages of previously classified documents were unsealed by a federal court.
The document was unsealed in January, a few months after Monica quit her job at Thomas Manor Elementary and quietly disappeared.
If the government did not make such a claim in 10 days, the documents would be unsealed.
Legal/Regulatory FAIR GAME Ms. Morgenson examined documents that were unsealed recently in a securities arbitration case against the Smith Barney unit of Citigroup.
