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Algorem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 12:05 PM
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Prosecutor in CIA leak: 'Totally organized mind'
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/10/21/news/fitzgerald.php

In 13 years prosecuting mobsters and terrorists in New York, Patrick Fitzgerald earned a public reputation for meticulous preparation, a flawless memory and an easy eloquence. Only his colleagues knew that these orderly achievements emerged from the near-total anarchy of his office, where the relentless Fitzgerald often slept during big cases.

"You'd open a drawer, looking for a pen or Post-It notes, and it would be full of dirty socks," recalled Karen Patton Seymour, a fellow assistant U.S. attorney who tried a major kidnapping case with him.

"He was a mess. Food here, clothes there, papers everywhere. But behind all that was a totally organized mind."

That mind, which has taken on Al Qaeda and the Gambino crime family, is now focused on the most politically volatile case of Fitzgerald's storied career...

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TomClash Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 12:12 PM
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1. Let's be cautious
and see how far he goes.

I'm not getting excited until we see who is indicted and what they say.
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fasttense Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 12:18 PM
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2. He'll probably indict Clinton.
Just saying, since President Clinton is the cause for everything wrong in this administration. :shrug:
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oda Donating Member (51 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 12:23 PM
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3. hahah
hahaha all we can do is cross our fingers, and knock on wood... and pray, do good deeds in hope of karma to return itself :D
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Skink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 12:24 PM
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4. I can't wait for the movie.
Sylvestor Stallone for the lead role maybe.
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