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Fitzgerald the Crusader and Maybe Man of the Year?

By Jeralyn, Section Media
Posted on Mon Nov 07, 2005 at 06:18:15 PM EST
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Jane at Firedoglake finds this conversation about Patrick Fitzgerald between defense attorney Lynne Stewart, her client Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman and their translator, Mohammed Yousry, in the New Yorker. Bottom line: Fitzgerald is a crusader - a true believer.

Then Jane moves to Wonkette's coverage of a luncheon to begin the hype for Time Magazine's Person of the Year before she notes it's probably not too early to start buzzing about Fitzgerald being crowned.

Here's more on the later career ascent of the prosecutors involved in the 1993 World Trade Center case.

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    • Fitzgerald the Crusader and Maybe Man of the Year? | 3 comments (3 topical)
    Re: Fitzgerald the Crusader and Maybe Man of the Y (none / 0) (#1)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:05:49 PM EST
    The amazing thing? Ashcroft may be an actual Christian, whose assistant DA put Fitz. on the case once he had a snoot full of what Bush Co. is all about, and then they both resigned. I'm not sure of the dates, but the idea that Ashcroft may have actually been a decent (if utterly deluded and antidemocratic) Christian, caught up in this whole mafia gangland junta and then eventually distancing himself after sicing the pit bull on them, is blowing my mind.

    Re: Fitzgerald the Crusader and Maybe Man of the Y (none / 0) (#2)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:05:49 PM EST
    Patrick Fitzgerald, of course, is right. Establishing the truth about the path to war in Iraq is not his job, but that of Congress or the White House. Sadly, when it comes to finding definitive answers regarding the Bush administration's uses of pre-war intelligence, neither Republican-controlled institution seems too concerned about the truth... For the full story, see: "Fitzgerald, Iraq and the Truth About Pre-War Intelligence."

    Re: Fitzgerald the Crusader and Maybe Man of the Y (none / 0) (#3)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:05:49 PM EST
    Fitz would have my vote for Person of the Year. It's about time we honored honesty and dedication, objectivity and realrespect for the rule of law.

    Fitzgerald the Crusader and Maybe Man of the Year? | 3 comments (3 topical)