*Exclusive* Fitzgerald Interview: Regis H.S. Owl (his alma mater)

[autorank]

Best interview/article I've seen on Fitz and it's in a H.S. newspaper.

Author's note on exclusive interview: "This exclusive interview was obtained through the good graces of Patrick Fitzgerald and the intercession of the Regis Alumni Office. The Owl graciously thanks all parties involved.



Alum Takes on the White House: Exclusive with Patrick J. Fitzgerald
by Joseph Santo, '06 04.06.06
http://www.regis-nyc.org/news.cfm?ID=156&NewsID=754&Type=Main

“The law is often unclear, and where it is unclear, you must make a reasoned judgment about what the law should be,” Fitzgerald commented. In order to make that reasoned judgment, “you must find out the facts as accurately as possible.”

Fitzgerald later explained that all federal prosecutors should have a “sense of what motivates people” since they are “dealing with a lot of very human situations.”

Fitzgerald’s boundless dedication and focus on justice becomes clear in his philosophy of work in the public sector: “If you are going to be working for the federal government, you should be doing what you think is right, as best as you can determine. That does involve working hard and analyzing problems, just as students do at Regis.”

Fitzgerald grew up in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn; his father was a doorman at 14 East 75th Street in Manhattan. An article about Fitzgerald in Vanity Fair adds that Fitzgerald himself worked as a doorman during one summer at 520 East 72 Street. On his astounding success, Fitzgerald made one thing clear: “Regis has a much greater impact on students than they realize when they are there.”

[Catherine Vincent]

1. K&R!

Thanks Autorank! :hi:

Fitzy says "My audience certainly is not interested in what I did that weekend.”

Oh yes we are!;-)

[rox63]

2. Another K & R

Quite the scoop these kids got. And they did a good job with it. :)

[npincus]

3. does it have a centerfold?

yum yum

[autorank]

4. Yep...

But the centerfold is St. Ignatius;)

[Missy Vixen]

17. The Rude Pundit loves our favorite guy

Patrick Fitzgerald is one of the few that rated a somewhat clean (and very respectful,) blog post. Here's one of the things that The Rude Pundit believes is a major influence in his life...

Prayer of St. Ignatius

Lord, teach me to be generous. Teach me to serve you as you deserve; to give without counting the cost; to fight and not to heed the wounds; to toil and not to seek for rest; to labor and not to ask for reward, except to know that I am doing your will.
Amen.

Julie

[Missy Vixen]

5. Proud to make the 5th recommendation

He likes hiking and "Seinfeld"...

Autorank, I agree with you -- I think it's the best interview I've seen so far. Good for the young man who wrote it!

:loveya:
Julie

[autorank]

8. Right Julie...it takes a NYC high school student to get the job done....

In Fitz's case, an ex NYC high school student.

A big :hug: to you

[glitch]

9. Hiking and Seinfeld. Now I am all googly and weak at the knees.

Plenty of wonderful hikes in WA State when you get some free time, Mr. Fitzgerald.

I wonder if he's funny too?

[fooj]

6. This man has saved our country.

He deserves the highest honor befitting a hero.

Peace.

[autorank]

7. Right and that kid got to interview him...can you imagine how hot that is.

I don't care if he's a New Yorker or not. This has to just blow him away...he handled the interview well and wrote a very good article. A new member of the reality based community!!!

:hi:

[fooj]

11. I'm doing a "happy dance" today...

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

Peace.

[yodermon]

10. THE JUICY BIT!!:

<snip>
On the morning of February 13, the date of our interview, Fitzgerald watched a colleague argue a case concerning an individual who took the law into his own hands. This was a different case involving The New York Times and a leak. Fitzgerald said, “the government was about to raid a charity that was suspected of being involved in terrorist financing.” However, before the search took place, “the charity had received a call from The New York Times indicating that action was forthcoming.”

The case argued by Fitzgerald’s colleague actually involved “two different charities that were searched twice,” according to Fitzgerald. “The government is concerned about who compromised the search {by revealing it} to The New York Times, who then passed it onto the charity.”

In this case, someone in the government took the law into their own hands, leaking information about a search to The New York Times. Since The New York Times informed the suspect charities, the investigative raid of the government was interrupted. Fitzgerald and the 160 employees of his office seek to pursue justice so individuals do not take the law into their own hands.

CAN YOU SAY JUDITH "TREASONOUS SHE-DEMON" MILLER???

[DemReadingDU]

12. Kick for Fitz!

Recommended!

[Catherine Vincent]

13. Kickaroo!

“If you were given the opportunity, would you choose to serve in a position of Presidential appointment?” To this Fitzgerald modestly replied, “I do not want to speculate.”

[Independent_Liberal]

14. K&R!

Fitz is one of my heroes. I don't know what I'd do without him.

[wordpix]

15. teachers do a great service to the country but are often paid poorly

[Catherine Vincent]

16. Kick! For the night crowd....

“I have not been in my office at 3 a.m. in a long, long time and I would like to keep it that way.”