Fitzgerald has reputation for pursuing man at the top

[Halliburton]

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20050820/RCHICAGO20/TPBusiness/International

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To the outrage of newspaper editorialists across the country, he prosecuted reporters Judith Miller of The New York Times and Matthew Cooper, of Time magazine, for refusing to testify in the investigation. While Mr. Cooper eventually did co-operate, Ms. Miller went to jail and remains behind bars.

His investigation is continuing and senior White House staffers, including top presidential adviser Karl Rove, have been implicated in the leak, which may have contravened federal law that prohibits the identification of a CIA agent.

People who have watched Mr. Fitzgerald operate in Chicago, and before that as assistant U.S. Attorney in New York City, are not surprised by his zeal in pursuing the journalists. But don't expect him to stop there.

That's how he operates: Apply maximum pressure to reluctant witnesses in order to build an air-tight case against the most senior member of a criminal conspiracy.
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[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. Way to go!

Let's hope he is able to successfully conclude his investigation, get lots of indictments AND convictions! And I hope he mentions any "unindicted co-conspirators" he finds.

[proud2BlibKansan]

2. Some guy called Ed Schultz yesterday afternoon

and claimed Fitzgerald had quit. Anyone else hear this?

[ChairmanAgnostic]

3. no, and I doubt it

he is tenacious. This would have been on the news all over.

[The Backlash Cometh]

4. Did you catch that first line? heh-heh.

"U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald has prosecuted mobsters, terrorists and even journalists"

If I were a journalist, I'd be a bit peeved that I was put in the same category as mobsters and terrorists, but I would also feel forewarned.

[kevsand]

5. "Mayor John Daley" ??

Only in a foreign paper...