Fitzgerald, and his "deep-seated aversion to being lied to."

[G_j]

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-fitzgerald15aug15,1,5501933.story?coll=la-headlines-nation

August 15, 2005 latimes.com

Standing on the Shoulders of Perjury Law
By Richard B. Schmitt, Times Staff Writer


WASHINGTON — When Al Qaeda operative Wadih El-Hage blamed false testimony he had given to a federal grand jury on confusion and jet lag, then-assistant U.S. Atty. Patrick J. Fitzgerald was not impressed. "I submit to you," Fitzgerald told jurors at El-Hage's 2001 trial in New York, "you heard 10 of the most pathetic excuses of perjury ever known."

El-Hage, once Osama bin Laden's personal secretary, is serving life in prison without the possibility of parole — convicted of perjury, among other things.

Things tend to work out that way when Patrick J. Fitzgerald is prosecuting a case.

Fitzgerald, 44, has a history of invoking perjury laws and related statutes to buttress his investigations.

So it may not be surprising that he is considering perjury charges in his current assignment — as a special prosecutor investigating whether anyone in the Bush administration illegally leaked the name of CIA operative Valerie Plame to journalists.

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Fitzgerald's tendency to invoke the laws against lying comes from two things, colleagues say: the particular way he uses grand jury testimony when he conducts an investigation, and his deep-seated aversion to being lied to.
..more..

[lovuian]

1. dont'cha love this guy!!! I think he realizes he is fighting to save

this country from treasonous bastards!!! Go Fitzy!!! :bounce:

[livvy]

2. Well then, dealing with the nitwit and his malious troop....

must just about be making his head explode! This group doesn't tell the truth about anything!
This is the type of information that gives me hope. Go Fitzgerald, but watch your back!

[G_j]

3. yes, it must be infuriating

Truth to them is something you just make up.

[G_j]

4. a kick for hope~

[GreenPartyVoter]

5. Any time you're ready, Fitz. those indictments would be really lovely

right about now.

[G_j]

6. I do not believe in retribution, revenge or retaliation,

but many of these creeps absolutely DESERVE to be in prison. Let true justice prevail..

[Javaman]

7. King of the hill...

Head of town council: You're a real boy scout, aren't you Hank...

Hank: Made to eagle.

[G_j]

8. ==

[H2O Man]

9. There are some people

who are more difficult to trick than others. I think Karl realizes that now. Scooter, too.

[Swamp Rat]

11. yes

:)

[spuddonna]

10. If he has a deep seated aversion to being lied to...

then his head must be ready to explode from having to deal with these idiots in the WH...

New White House slogan:"Our PNAC Reality Is YOUR New Reality!"

[leftchick]

12. little did Fitzgerald know when he took this case on

That he found the motherlode of liars with this WH crew. I would be willing to bet not one person in the administration was straight with him. Not one.

[H2O Man]

14. Two were

pretty straight with him. They aren't in the administration any more.

[leftchick]

15. let me guess

George Tenet is one, though I really never thought of him as part of the WH administration. I can not think of the other.

[Generator]

13. Ohhhh I know how he feels

And he's up against some of the worst lying bastards to come down the pike in many moons. And the more they lie..the bigger the hole of their own downfall gets..where's that info on Ashcroft (re: Plame) that I just heard a few snippets of on Democracy Now this morning?

[G_j]

16. there are some good posts on the Ashcroft connection

around here, an excellent article from the Village Voice..

don't have the links off hand

[G_j]

17. Rove and Ashcroft Face New Allegations in Plame Case

Rove and Ashcroft Face New Allegations in Plame Case
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/081505Y.shtml

[WEagle]

18. mmm.. he is investigating the biggest liars

out there.. should be interesting