Fitzgerald is hunting big game

[maddezmom]

~snip~

This points toward a potential problem for Rove in the direction of Fitzgerald's investigation. It now has expanded beyond its original mission -- to determine if the 1982 law was violated -- to encompass whether any White House officials, including Rove and Fleischer, have testified falsely about the case or obstructed justice by trying to cover up their involvement in the leak, according to people familiar with the case who cite a pattern of questioning by Fitzgerald.

In addition, there is strong reason to believe that Fitzgerald is hunting big game, according to several legal experts. They say that is demonstrated by the fact that he has done something that no federal prosecutor has done in 30 years: send a reporter, Judith Miller of the New York Times, to jail for refusing to divulge with whom she spoke about the Wilson-Plame case.

``You wouldn't expect him to go to these lengths unless he thought he had something serious to look at,'' said Randall Eliason, the former chief of the public corruption section at the U.S. Attorney's office in Washington. ``You don't compel reporters to testify or jail reporters unless you have a pretty good reason.''

more: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=aagJweX0XNCQ

Hope it's Mr Big Time Cheney :D

[DanCa]

1. Remember the Oliphaunt scene in the return of the king

I hope that peter fitzgerald makes like legolas the elf and drops that elephant in the head with an arrow.

[Kazak]

2. Go fuck yourself, Fitzgerald...

:D

[EC]

5. ????? ... n/t

[Rex]

11. Reference to Cheney's potty mouth.

nt

[mtnester]

6. What?

[converted_democrat]

17. The poster is referring to a statement Cheney made on the Senate floor..

He said it to one of the Senators after they had made a statement about Halliburton.

[Lecky]

7. LOL, you meant Rove right?

I'm betting he did.

[crispini]

10. Well, that's a pretty clueless post, if you ask me.

Kudos to Fitzgerald and keep up the good work! :toast:

[truebrit71]

12. Think about it for a second...Who said "Go fuck yourself" ?

THAT'S what the poster is referring to....

[crispini]

15. Ooookay.

Color me clueless! :7

[maddezmom]

20. wasn't that to Leahy over Halliburton?

on the floor of the senate? :D

[thebigidea]

13. probably a Cheney reference.

[Kazak]

22. Oops, I see I threw some folks for a loop...

It was indeed a reference to our beloved Mr. Cheney (who's going down!!!).

[FreedomAngel82]

3. That's very awesome to know

:D

[understandinglife]

4. His path to the 'big game' follows route SF-312

fyi:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=4128574&mesg_id=4128574

WATCH IT; SPREAD IT http://www.bushflash.com/right.html

Peace.

www.missionnotaccomplished.us - How ever long it takes, the day must come when tens of millions of caring individuals peacefully but persistently defy the dictator, deny the corporatists their cash flow, and halt the evil being done in Iraq and in all the other places the Bu$h neoconster regime is destroying civilization and the environment in the name of "America."

[FreedomAngel82]

8. Thanks

Something that bugs me is they call her Ms. Wilson. It's Mrs. Wilson. Her maiden name is not Wilson but Plame.

[annabanana]

14. um... Ms. is NOT the same as Miss..

The whole POINT of Ms. was to have one's marital status NOT be evident in one's honorium.

[truebrit71]

9. I think you are absolutely right.....

..Could be very, very interesting...

[maddezmom]

18. wonder if *'s change in remarks today are in anyway to force

Fitzgerald's hand?

[spindoctor]

16. I agree. I suggest Mr. Fitzgerald doesn't fly small planes for a while.

It would be very wrong to send Miller to jail for nothing more than a slap on the Cabinet's wrist.

Fitzgerald is going for gold.

[Geoff R. Casavant]

19. Sealed brief

My recollection is that, as part of the effort to compel testimony from Miller and Cooper, Fitz filed a sealed, ex parte brief with the court. No one has seen this brief except Fitz and the judge. Based on the information in the brief, however, the judge agreed that the scope of the investigation goes way, way beyond the original outing, and agreed that testimony could be forced from the reporters.

[maddezmom]

24. For prosecutor, CIA leak case comes down to matter of law

great background article on Patrick Fitzgerald
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/bal-te.fitzgerald17jul17,0,2918474.story?coll=ny-nation-big-pix

[mattclearing]

21. I certainly hope that is the case.

I'd like to see this get ugly.

I think people need to come to terms with just how corrupt this government is.

I think people need to see the amount of money thrown at KB&R and think about how they were misled.

These people truly have brought off the Enron presidency.

Time will tell...

[Octafish]

23. Sneer through Libby. Smirk through Turd Blossom.

These traitors are BUSHTED!