GOLDEN — A diary seized Friday from the home of a former friend of John and Patsy Ramsey could<BR> become the key piece of evidence against a Globe newspaper editor facing bribery charges. <BR> The diary belongs to Boulder attorney Thomas C. Miller, the live-in boyfriend of former Ramsey friend and<BR> photographer Judith Phillips, according to a warrant to search Phillips' home. <BR> Phillips, whose relationship with the Ramsey couple has been strained, is well known for her photographs<BR> of 6-year-old JonBenét Ramsey. The child was found slain in her family home Dec. 26, 1996. <BR> Miller was recently indicted by a Jefferson County grand jury on bribery charges for attempting to purchase<BR> a copy of a ransom note used in the JonBenét slaying. <BR> Prosecutors believe Miller might have made an entry in his diary that names Globe news editor Craig Lewis<BR> as the unidentified individual who accompanied Miller during an April 1, 1997, offer to J. Donald Vacca. <BR> Vacca is a former Denver police officer hired by the Ramseys in December 1996, to inspect a copy of the<BR> ransom note, which had not yet been published. <BR> A Jefferson County judge is reviewing how much of the diary, if any, can be used as evidence <BR> The offer for the copy of the ransom note is alleged to have taken place at Vacca's Jefferson County home.<BR> During the meeting with Vacca, Miller identified himself by name and said he was "representing a large<BR> corporation." <BR> A person accompanying Miller waived a bulky manila envelope in front of Vacca after offering to pay<BR> $30,000 for the note. He did not identify himself. <BR> Prosecutors have suspected the accomplice was Lewis, who has written several stories about the Ramsey<BR> slaying for the Globe, a Boca Raton, Fla. -based supermarket tabloid. <BR> Lewis was also identified as the driver of a rental car seen near the Vacca residence several days after the<BR> offer. <BR> Lewis is a target of a Jefferson County grand jury investigating the bribery case. He is also being targeted<BR> for attempting to extort confidential information from former Boulder police Detective Steve Thomas. <BR> Lewis has requested a restraining order prohibiting the state from prosecuting him, claiming a First<BR> Amendment right to gather information. A judge could rule on the restraining order issue as early as today.<BR> The Colorado Bureau of Investigation learned of the existence of Miller's diary through his estranged wife,<BR> Michelle Austin. <BR> Austin told CBI agents that she has seen entries in Miller's checkbook that he received money from the<BR> Globe. She also said that he knew Lewis. <BR> She told her two children to photograph a bookcase at Phillips house during a visit to see their father. The<BR> photographs showed the diaries on the bookcase, and Austin turned the photos over to the CBI. <BR> She said Miller made daily entries into his diary and would most likely have recorded the bribery attempt<BR> on April 1, because it would have been important to him. <BR> She also said Miller liked to keep a diary "because he felt that some day people might be interested in his<BR> life's activities." <BR> November 18, 1999