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Originally Posted by host
ace, I think that we now have enough information to justify asking the question, "what have you and others who are, and have been, critical of Patrick Fitzgerald's investigation of the Plame CIA leak, and successful prosecutor of Scooter Libby, been right, or even accurate about"?
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I don't think the conviction of Libby was proper, first because of the issue a materiality. If we are going to convict people on the charge of perjury while not persuing the underlying reason for the investigation, I don't like that form of justice. I think it sets a new standard for people to plead the 5th or request immunity rather than voluntarily answer questions during an investigation. I know this is not an issue of me being right, I just know what I would do in the future if I were in a position like Libby. I would plead the 5th, qualify all my answers or say I don't recall the exact details.
Fitzgerald knew Libby was not the source of the leak, the basis of his perjury conviction was one persons word or another's, on the otherhand there appears to be clear evidence of the leak. I find it odd how Fitzerald choice to persue one case and not the other. Again, it not an issue of me being right, but I ask the question.
This matter has not been concluded. Libby will appeal. Plame has filed a lawsuit, and I assume it is possible for other legal action can be taken. So we will see what happens.
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Name one thing, ace. Where on earth, do you get the confidence from, that enables you to continue to post your skepticism, your continued questioning of Patrick Fitzgerald's decision making?
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I assume Fitzgerald's shit stinks as bad as mine. I don't have a problem with questioning his decision making, or the decision making of anyone else. I don't bow-down to any man.
Did I miss your point?
Do you think Fitzgerald is above being questioned?
Please tell me I missed your point!
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Hasn't everything that he has so delicately pursued, and spoken so infrequently in public about, come to pass, so far?
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Fitgerald is doing his job. I have no problem with that or how he did his job, but he is a "hired gun". He is a paid advocate and would use his skill to argue one side of an argument or the other. He is not deserving of hero worship in my opinion. Just because a case is lost or won does not mean justice was done. However, I have not seen a clear answer to the question about why he did not bring to trial the most important element of the entire investigation.
After millions of dollars spent, what have we really ended up with, an iffy prosecution of Libby - were he may get 0 jail time, win on appeal, or get a Presidential pardon?