Patrick Fitzgerald Gets a Promotion

http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/04/patrick-fitzgerald-gets-a-promotion/

Patrick Fitzgerald Gets a Promotion
By: Cynthia Kouril Tuesday August 4, 2009 12:07 pm


Drudge Retort is reporting that Pat Fitzgerald, the darling of this blogsite, has been named interim chair of the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee for US Attorney’s (AGAC) which makes him the pre-eminent advocate for the USA’s within the DOJ. (More here.)

A) Could not happen to a nicer guy.

B) Could not have chosen anyone better qualified.

C) He has what I consider to be an excellent operating philosophy for thinking about the relationship between the individual US Attorney’s offices and Main Justice.

The analogy I have heard him use on several occasions is that the individual US Attorneys are like captains of a ship. Each ship (each USAO) is part of a larger navy. The Department of the Navy (or the admiral of the fleet) can set the destination and uniform standards to be observed on all ships. However, each captain decides how to set sail for that destination and determines the assignments aboard ships.

I think that strikes the right note with respect to independence within a larger group effort. Although the promotion is said to be interim, I hope his view becomes not only the dominant view within the Department, but also becomes a long standing policy that survives beyond any one administration.


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Pat Fitzgerald Named Interim Chairman of AG Advisory Committee

By Joe Palazzolo | July 30, 2009

Patrick Fitzgerald, the top prosecutor in Illinois’ Northern District, has been named interim chairman of the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee of U.S. Attorneys (AGAC).


Patrick Fitzgerald (DOJ)

In his new role, Fitzgerald will be the lead voice for the U.S. attorney community. It’s the latest high-profile assignment for America’s prosecutor, who has been busy overseeing the prosecution of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D), bringing down mortgage fraudsters, and fighting with journalists.

H. Marshall Jarrett, director of the Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys, made the announcement earlier this month in a memo to the nation’s 93 U.S. attorneys.

more...

http://www.mainjustice.com/2009/07/30/pat-fitzgerald-named-interim-chairman-of-ag-advisory-committee/

if he leaves chicago at least he`s left us with probably the finest federal lawyers/prosecutors and investigators in the country. his office has done a very good job of ferreting out the criminals here in northern il.

in the Plame affair. Totally inexplicable to me.

many blame fitzgeral but now the blame reast with the democrats in the house and senate

Fitz seems to get his man when he's able.