Fitzgerald's job not done yet - From a Chicago reporter who knows [View All]

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<snip>Fitzgerald's job not done yet


Fitzgerald said Friday his job is not quite done. President Bush's top strategist, Karl Rove, escaped charges, but it is very premature to infer that he is in the clear.

The term of the grand jury Fitzgerald has been working with expired Friday -- he spent part of the morning saying goodbye to the jurors. Fitzgerald said it will be a routine matter for him to present evidence to another grand jury.

As much as he would like to wake up each day in Chicago, Fitzgerald said: "I will not end the investigation until I can look anyone in the eye and tell them that we have carried out our responsibility sufficiently to be sure that we've done what we could to make intelligent decisions about when to end the investigation."

The usually press-shy Fitzgerald was loquacious Friday partly because the question-and-answer session at the Justice Department headquarters was a one-time special.

Before the session, Fitzgerald spokesman Randall Samborn said whatever will be said will have to serve as the final word, since his boss did not intend further comments on the indictments.

What actually does Fitzgerald know? Obviously more than he is letting on.

When will he be finished?

"All I can tell you is as soon as we can get it done, we will."