Fitzgerald Deserves Top U.S. Law Post, Comey Says (yes, Patrick)

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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=washingtonstory&sid=aiSE8DZT4Avk

Fitzgerald Deserves Top U.S. Law Post, Comey Says (Update1)

By Patricia Hurtado and David Voreacos

July 20 (Bloomberg) -- Patrick Fitzgerald won the convictions of four Osama bin Laden associates in May 2001. In March, he got Lewis ``Scooter'' Libby. Last week, he nailed Conrad Black.

Fitzgerald, 46, isn't saying what he'll do next in his career. Friends and colleagues say he probably will remain a prosecutor rather than join a law firm. One colleague says Fitzgerald's destiny may include the top law-enforcement job in the country: U.S. attorney general.

``I think he would make a spectacular attorney general,'' said former Deputy U.S. Attorney General James Comey, now general counsel at Bethesda, Maryland-based Lockheed Martin Corp., the world's largest defense contractor. ``He certainly is one of the very best federal prosecutors in America.''

Remaining a prosecutor would distinguish Fitzgerald from predecessors in the Chicago post. James Thompson became Illinois governor and chairman of Chicago's Winston & Strawn. Dan Webb succeeded Thompson as chairman of the law firm, whose partners earn more than $1 million a year. Fitzgerald, son of an ex-Park Avenue doorman, makes $145,400. Yesterday, he eliminated one option, telling a radio show host he won't run for public office.

Fitzgerald ``doesn't look at any of these cases as a springboard for something else,'' said David Kelley, a former U.S. Attorney in New York who ran that office's Organized Crime and Terrorism Unit with Fitzgerald. ``He's drawn upon his own innate sense of what is right and wrong.''

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[Horse with no Name]

1. The dream of honesty and decency in government

is pure fantasy these days.
But Fitz as AG? Dare to dream.

[Frustratedlady]

2. Oh, would that be a breath of fresh air, or what?

On second thought, cleaning up this government would be too big a job, even for Fitz. But how nice to dream it could happen. How very, very nice.

[Bitwit1234]

3. I was having a wonderful dream last night and so help me

I dreamed that Fitzgerald was made AG by President Pelosi. That all five of the republican robots in the supreme court were replaced and the country was starting to improve. I sure hated it when I woke up.

[blogslut]

4. I wish he were AG right now

I wish a lot of things. Mostly, I wish our long National nightmare was OVER.

[Jack Rabbit]

5. Fitzgerald would make a fine AG or chief federal prosecutor in a legitimate administration

I hope the next legitimate president will take that into account.