Investigator of CIA leak seen as relentless

[Nightwing]

I love the line, "they could not have picked a worse person."
Looks like * finally chose someone he could not buy. :toast:



WASHINGTON — When defense attorney Ron Safer heard that Patrick Fitzgerald would lead an inquiry into the leak of a CIA operative's name, his first thought was that, from the Bush administration's perspective, "they could not have picked a worse person."

Safer, a Chicago lawyer who has watched Fitzgerald since he was named U.S. attorney there in 2001, says the prosecutor "will bring to this the same energy and aggression that he does to every other project he undertakes."

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"To say that he is extremely aggressive is, I think, a gross understatement," Safer says. When he's arguing a motion, Safer says, Fitzgerald is "not disrespectful, but he's a lot less deferential than I bet most judges are accustomed to."

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Chuck Rosenberg, a Fitzgerald friend who is U.S. attorney in Houston, was asked recently why Fitzgerald is going after reporters. "I said to them, 'Pat isn't going after journalists, he is after the truth,' " Rosenberg says. "He's exactly the kind of person you'd want doing something like this."

Link: http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-10-10-fitzgerald_x.htm

[skooooo]

1. as relentless as Ken Starr, maybe?

[TallahasseeGrannie]

2. Kharma happens n/t

[atommom]

3. Just as relentless, but with better reason. This is one hell of a big

case.

[skooooo]

5. That it is! Wonder if it will reach Bush himself?

After last NOvember, I never imagined that the Rove regime would take such a tumble.

[atommom]

6. I think it *should*, but I don't know whether Fitz will be able to build

his case that far. Once the WH is in full damage control mode, you never know what they're going to do. :shrug:

[bemildred]

4. Indeed. I'll bet Fitz found more than a blow job though. nt

[Beetwasher]

7. Ken Starr Wasn't Worthy to Wipe Fitz's Ass

Fitz is to Starr as Michael Jordan is to an ant. Fitz is a serious prosecutor who actually wants to prosecute a real honest to goodness crime and who wants to actually develop a real case. Starr was a hack who was only interested in smearing Clintion in any way he could.

[tex-wyo-dem]

8. Not only relentless, but tight lipped as well...

and this is no doubt driving the * admin. crazy. You can bet that they are having endless discussions on whether or not to do preemptive spin damage control or not. They don't have enough information to determine what would be the best tact.

[Broadslidin]

9. Who Could Possibly Imagine The Thoughts Going Through The Mind Of

The Paranoid Malignant:yoiks:Narcissist Sociopath this morning
as Karl Rove (current aka: "Turd Blossom")
whispers in his ear, 'The Perfect Plan'
for eliminating Patrick Fitzgerald....!

[Cary]

10. They're dipping their toes in the waters of the old smear-a-roo. (n/t)

[emulatorloo]

11. Great Article - kicking for the gloomy gus DU'ers who claim Fitz is repug

crony:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-10-10-fitzgerald_x.htm

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"He has no agenda," says David Kelley, former U.S. attorney in New York and a longtime friend. "He looks at the facts, uncovers the facts and goes where the facts lead him."
Mary Jo White, who was Fitzgerald's boss when she was U.S. attorney in Manhattan, says she knows nothing about his political views — "if he has any, and he may not."

Fitzgerald, who declined interview requests, is registered to vote with no party affiliation.

Defense lawyers have a different perspective. Scott Mendeloff, a Chicago lawyer who specializes in corporate fraud cases and formerly tried and supervised public corruption prosecutions in the U.S. attorney's office, says Fitzgerald demonstrates "a more black-and-white view of the world" that is "reductionist in disregarding nuances beyond what it will take to prevail." Some defense lawyers, he says, believe Fitzgerald is "not prone to consider what some would term humane factors in charging and sentencing decisions."

"To say that he is extremely aggressive is, I think, a gross understatement," Safer says. When he's arguing a motion, Safer says, Fitzgerald is "not disrespectful, but he's a lot less deferential than I bet most judges are accustomed to."

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