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Patrick Fitzgerald

Cheney's "Privileged" Interview Already Leaked By Personal Lawyer

Emptywheel | Posted 07.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Central Intelligence Agency, Scott Mcclellan, Libby Trial, Doj, President Obama, Terry O'Donnell, Dan Bartlett, Obama, David Addington, Nie, Department of Justice, Newsweek, Patrick Fitzgerald, Michael Isikoff, White House, Judith Miller, Cia, Dick Cheney, Scooter Libby, Politics News

You know how Obama's DOJ claims that we can't see Cheney's interview with Patrick Fitzgerald because it's privileged? Well, Dick Cheney's lawyer alrea...

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Patrick Fitzgerald's Private Jihad

Rory O'Connor | Posted 06.10.2009 | Media

Read More: Peter Lance Book About Patrick Fitzgerald, Patrick Fitzgerald, Judith Miller, Censorship, 9/11 Attacks, 911, CIA Leak Case, Media News
Rory O'Connor

Fitzgerald, who has too much time on his hands now that Scooter Libby has been freed and Rod Blagojevich indicted, spent much of the last year and a half attempting to kill Lance's new book.

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Patrick Fitzgerald Fights Book Publication

Newsweek | Michael Isikoff | Posted 06.06.2009 | Media

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Patrick Fitzgerald may be the most feared prosecutor in the country, but even as he's racked up headlines for big-name convictions (Scooter Libby) and...

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Calling Out The Real Crybabies

Marcel Pacatte | Posted 05.28.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Illinois Political Corruption, Patrick Fitzgerald, Mike Jacobs, Patrick Collins, Illinois Reform Commission, Roland Burris, Illinois Politics, Pat Quinn, Illinois Senate, Chicago News
Marcel Pacatte

What the bunch in Springfield had better realize is that there are a lot more people lined up with reform than there are with the political status quo.

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ISAAC CAROTHERS INDICTMENT (READ IT)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.28.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Isaac Carothers Indictment, Patrick Fitzgerald, Chicago Corruption, Isaac Carothers, Carothers Charges, Carothers Corruption, Alderman Indicted, Ike Carothers, Chicago News

U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald announced the indictments of Ald. Isaac "Ike" Carothers (29th) and real estate developer Calvin Boender on bribery an...

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Alderman Isaac 'Ike' Carothers Indicted On Federal Corruption Charges

Huffington Post | Posted 05.28.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Corruption, Ike Carothers Indictment, Chicago Politics, Ike Carothers, Isaac Carothers, Patrick Fitzgerald, Calvin Boender, Galewood Yards, Rsd Galewood, Chicago News

CHICAGO (AP) -- A Chicago alderman was indicted Thursday on federal fraud and bribery charges for allegedly accepting $40,000 in home improvements fro...

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Roland Burris, Off The Hook

Marcel Pacatte | Posted 05.26.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Illinois Reform Commission, Patrick Collins, Roland Burris, Patrick Fitzgerald, Rod Blagojevich, Burris Blagojevich, Burris Blagojevich Recordings, Roland Burris Senate Appointment, Chicago News
Marcel Pacatte

Burris knows exactly what he is doing. All these years I thought he was decent but dim. Turns out it was an act that I, and many others in Illinois, bought.

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Patrick Fitzgerald Says He'll Never Run For Elected Office (LISTEN)

AP | Posted 05.22.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO (AP) -- Don't look for U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald's name on a ballot - ever. The high-profile prosecutor said on WLS radio Friday that ...

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Patrick Fitzgerald Agrees To Stay As US Attorney: Durbin

AP | Posted 04.27.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO (AP) -- Corruption-busting prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald has agreed to stay on as U.S. attorney in Chicago, U.S. Sen. Richard Durbin said Mond...

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David Corn: Special Prosecutor's Job Is Not To Expose Wrongdoing

Mother Jones | Posted 04.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: David Corn, Bush Administration Torture, Patrick Fitzgerald, Special Prosecutor, Torture Prosecution, Truth Commission, Guantanamo Torture, CIA Torture, Moveon Special Prosecutor, Torture Memos, Bush Torture Memos, Torture, Politics News

The other day I ran into a Democratic member of the House of Representatives, and this person noted that he fancied the idea of appointing a special p...

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Blagojevich Indictment Expected Later Today

AP | MIKE ROBINSON | Posted 04.02.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO — Ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's plan to auction off President Barack Obama's vacant U.S. Senate seat marked the culmination of ...

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BLAGOJEVICH INDICTED ON FEDERAL CORRUPTION CHARGES

AP | MIKE ROBINSON | Posted 04.01.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO — An indictment is expected as early as Thursday charging ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich with presiding over state government awas...

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Blagojevich Loses Bid To Get Fitzgerald, Prosecutors Off His Case

AP | MIKE ROBINSON | Posted 03.09.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Patrick Fitzgerald, Blagojevich Defense, Rod Blagojevich, Blagojevich Trial, Blagojevich Scandal, Blagojevich Prosecution, Chicago News

CHICAGO — A federal judge has turned down a request from impeached former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to have Chicago's top federal prosecutor...

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DOJ: Remaining Bush U.S. Attorneys Can Stay

Tribune | Posted 02.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Patrick Fitzgerald, Obama Us Attorneys, Obama Justice Department, Bush Justice Department, Obama Doj, Bush Doj, US Attorneys, U.S. Attorney, Eric Holder, U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald, Politics News

With all the controversy surrounding the Bush administration's firings of several U.S. attorneys, the question for the Obama administration became: Wh...

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Ald. Carothers Under Federal Investigation: Report

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 02.18.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago City Council Corruption, Patrick Fitzgerald, Carothers Investigation, Fitzgerald Carothers, Ike Carothers, Ald. Carothers, Isaac Carothers, Chicago News

Sources said a federal investigation of Ald. Isaac Carothers (29th) is heating up, and it apparently goes far beyond Carothers' relationship with a Ch...

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Patrick Fitzgerald Will Retain Job In Obama Administration

MSNBC | Pete Williams | Posted 02.10.2009 | Politics

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Patrick Fitzgerald, the U.S. attorney in Chicago who brought criminal fraud charges against Rod Blagojevich, will be staying in his job in the Obama a...

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Government Widens Chicago Police Torture Probe: Report

Chicago Tribune | Steve Mills and Jeff Coen | Posted 02.04.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Patrick Fitzgerald, Peter Dignan, Chicago Police Torture Probe, Jon Burge, John Byrne, Burge Investigation, Burge, Police Torture, Chicago Police Torture, Civil Rights, Chicago News

Federal prosecutors continue to investigate decades-old allegations that Chicago police routinely tortured murder suspects, focusing on a half-dozen d...

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A Lesson from Blagojevich

Jerry Weissman | Posted 02.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Illinois Senate, Patrick Fitzgerald, Larry King LIve, Rod Blagojevich, Politics News
Jerry Weissman

As the Illinois Senate considered the impeachment of Rod Blagojevich, the embattled governor went on an extensive media blitz - 17 interviews in 48 ho...

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Advice To Blago: Invoke Caesar

Stuart Whatley | Posted 01.27.2009 | Politics

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Stuart Whatley

If only he had invoked Caesar from the start, instead of civil rights heroes whose legacies are so sacred to so many, perhaps he could go down more gracefully (or at least less offensively).

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Blago is The New Media Pinata. A Whacky Devil. Great Fun!

Blake Fleetwood | Posted 01.26.2009 | Media

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Blake Fleetwood

Today, after being impeached by the Illinois House, the Senate is hearing evidence to remove Rod Blagojevich, which it will probably do in the next few days.

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Is it Me or is Tim Geithner Fredo from Godfather II?

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 01.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Treasury Secretary, Aig, Patrick Fitzgerald, Henry Kissinger, Wall Street, Moe Green, Fredo Corleone, Derivatives, Tim Geithner, Napa Valley, Politics News
Andrea Chalupa

I don't trust this Geithner character. He's got that Fredo Corleone vibe, and do you want Fredo running the Treasury? He'd hand it over to Moe Green...

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Fitzgerald Should Stay On Blagojevich Case: Prosecutors

AP | MIKE ROBINSON | Posted 01.15.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO — Federal prosecutors fired back Thursday at defense claims that U.S. Attorney Patrick J. Fitzgerald's comments at a news conference wer...

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Mr. Burris Goes to Washington (Finally)

Zondra Hughes | Posted 01.14.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Roland Burris Senate Appointment, Bobby Rush, Patrick Fitzgerald, Blagojevich Corruption, Burris Seating, Roland Burris Ironman, Rod Blagojevich, Roland Burris, Blagojevich Scandal, Roland Burris Senate, Chicago News
Zondra Hughes

The only thing missing from this scandal is sex. (Oh, wait. U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald is an alum of People magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive" hall of fame, so there ya' go.)

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Blagojevich 2.0

Lloyd Garver | Posted 01.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Caroline Kennedy, Blagojevich, Caroline Kennedy Senate Seat, Caroline Kennedy Senate, David Paterson Caroline Kennedy, David Paterson, Chicago Governor, Illinois Governor, Gov. Blagojevich, Friends of Blagojevich, U.S. Senate, Rod Blagojevich, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, Blagojevich Obama, Hillary Clinton Senate Seat, Blagojevich Complaint, Governor Arrested, Blagojevich Indictment, Blagojevich Arrested, Roland Burris, Patrick Fitzgerald, Politics News
Lloyd Garver

What Blagojevich did is so shocking that it could make "Lincoln turn over in his grave." But Caroline getting the seat because of her zillion-dollar fund raising ability wouldn't do the same?

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Obama on Torture: Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow

Ari Melber | Posted 01.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aclu, Nsa, change.gov, Bob Fertik, Ccr, Obama, Spying, Geneva Conventions, Gitmo, Barack Obama, Abu Ghraib, Patrick Fitzgerald, Obama Torture Commission, Torture, Politics News
Ari Melber

This answer tracks the language of many torture apologists (and advocates) in Washington, who posit a choice between protecting the country today and second-guessing the past.

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