Patrick Fitzgerald, US Attorney, accomplishments

I put together this resume on him. It is great we have him.







Patrick Fitzgerald, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, appointment September 1, 2001.

Native of Brooklyn, N.Y.
He graduated from Amherst College, a bachelor's degree in economics and mathematics
Graduate Harvard Law School in 1985.
Litigation associate at the New York law firm, Christy & Viener
Joined the U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan in 1988.
Mr. Fitzgerald appointed US attorney for Northern Illinois, on an interim basis by Attorney General John Ashcroft. Nominated by President George W. Bush. The United States Senate confirmed his nomination October, 2001.
Appointed 2003 as special prosecutor in alleged leak of CIA agent identity by Deputy Attorney General James Comey.

Supervised the continuing public corruption investigation known as Operation Safe Road.

Implementation of Project Safe Neighborhoods with the Chicago Police Department to reduce gun violence.

Mr. Fitzgerald served as trial counsel in United States v. Arnaout, Benevolence International Foundation, Inc., for fraudulently obtaining charitable donations to provide financial assistance to persons engaged in violent activities overseas, including to fighters in Chechnya and Bosnia,

Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. Chief of the Organized Crime-Terrorism Unit .

Participated in the prosecution of United States v. Usama Bin Laden. Conspiracy to murder United States nationals overseas and the 1998 bombings of the US embassies in Africa. Four sentenced to life in prison in 2001.

Participated in the trial of United States v. Omar Rahman, 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center.

Supervised the case of United States v. Ramzi Yousef, conspiracy in the Philippines in late 1994 and early 1995 to detonate bombs simultaneously on 12 American airliners.

Participated in the six-month trial of United States v. John Gambino, the prosecution of a Gambino crime family capo and his crew.



Patrick Fitzgerald announces the arrests of reputed mob members and associates on charges of plotting at least 18 murders. "The mob takes a hit today," U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald told reporters in announcing the charges.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-04-25-fbi-mob_...


CIA leak prosecutor takes on Chicago machine

Fitzgerald leads investigation into Daley's political empire.

New York Times reporter Judith Miller has been jailed since July 6 for refusing to testify in his investigation of who leaked the fact that Valerie Plame was an undercover CIA officer. Miller said she was keeping her promise of confidentiality to her source. But Fitzgerald said not even the attorney general or director of central intelligence could make such a vow. “I would love to tell someone, ’Come in, and tell me what you know. I will never betray who you are to anyone,”’ Fitzgerald said. “I would love to say that in the hunt for bin Laden.”

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8852202 /

[Seansky]

1. Guess B is regreting that nomination...Fitz seems likable, but someone

one won't dare to mess around with...

2. kick n/t

[hootinholler]

3. Usa Today link is cut off n/t

4. usa link updated

link was cut-off above.


http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-04-25-fbi-mob_x.htm

5. another link for the news hounds

From PBS interview

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/law/july-dec05/fitzgerald_8-8.html

6. kick n/t

[Independent_Liberal]

7. Kicking for Fitz!

The man is a hero!

:)