Federal prosecutors on Monday sided with The New York Times, which petitioned a judge in White Plains, New York, to unseal a purported suicide note by Jeffrey Epstein.   The note is sealed as part of criminal proceedings involving Epstein’s one-time cellmate, convicted quadruple murderer Nicholas Tartaglione, who told the paper he discovered the note tucked inside a book after Epstein’s unsuccessful suicide attempt in July 2019.   The Times asked the court to unseal the note, arguing that because Tartaglione talked about it, there is nothing left to keep secret.   Federal prosecutors agreed, writing to the judge that there was no longer a compelling interest in keeping the item sealed.   “If Tartaglione has publicly discussed matters occurring in the Curcio proceedings, then his public statements constitute a waiver of the need for continued sealing as to the matters he has publicly disclosed,” U.S.…