Wednesday, July 13, 2005
For Those Of You Who Were Wondering Just How Thorough A Prosecutor Pat Fitzgerald Happens To Be...
... check this out (via Atrios):
People familiar with the inquiry say Fitzgerald also is reviewing testimony by former White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer, though it is not clear whether the prosecutor is focusing on him or seeking information about higher-ups. Fleischer last night refused to comment. Other Bush aides who have testified to the grand jury or been questioned by prosecutors include McClellan; Rove; former Deputy Press Secretary Adam Levine; Lewis ``Scooter'' Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff; and Dan Bartlett, a Bush communications adviser. Bush himself was questioned by Fitzgerald in the Oval Office on June 24, 2004.Got that? He interviewed Bush. BUSH. Think about that. And here's another world-rocker:
`Something Serious' Randall Eliason, the former chief of the public corruption section of the U.S. Attorney's office in Washington, said the fact that Fitzgerald pursued Cooper and Miller so aggressively suggests that he has a legal target in sight. It is rare for a federal prosecutor to seek jail for a reporter who refuses to reveal sources, he said.If any of you didn't think that this TreasonGate thing wasn't as serious as a heart attack, you'd better think again. Fitzgerald is out for blood, and he's about to chomp down on what I suspect is going to be a whole bunch of somebodies.
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