Fitzgerald: secrecy to protect witnesses/ subjects from ridicule

Prosecutor wants some details kept secret

PETE YOST




WASHINGTON - The prosecutor in the CIA leak case on Friday opposed public release of some details about the criminal investigation, while supporting the disclosure of information regarding I. Lewis Libby, the indicted former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney.

In court papers, Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald said continued secrecy is not necessary with respect to portions of a federal appeals court ruling from 10 months ago that "directly relate to Mr. Libby." Libby was indicted on Oct. 28 on five counts of perjury, obstruction and lying to the FBI.

Secrecy is necessary for other material in the court ruling to protect witnesses or subjects of the investigation from public embarrassment or ridicule "as well as to protect the integrity of the ongoing investigation," Fitzgerald argued.

Deputy White House chief of staff Karl Rove remains under criminal investigation in the probe of who in the Bush administration leaked the identity of covert CIA officer Valerie Plame to the news media.

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/politics/13314848.htm

a possible hit man.

by critics and political partizans. This guy deserves respect just for his ethics, not to mention his intelligence and other cognitive properties.