Fitzgerald prosecuted Al-Qaida for 1993 World Trade Center bombing

[StefanX]

Fitzgerald is certainly an interesting investigator for this case. A little background:

The full damage caused by the leak isn't yet knowable (at least without the clearance). But Valerie Wilson's CIA front, Brewster-Jennings, was reportedly tasked with tracking the smuggling of explosive materials in the Middle East, so that crap like the 1993 WTC attack, the embassy bombings in Africa, and 9-11 wouldn't be even worse next time.

(That's the operation apparently shit-canned by this White House for their own political gain. So you can see why the CIA lifers pushed the case for criminal investigation, and why people are throwing the word "treason" around so much.)

The 1993 WTC attack was prosecuted by... Patrick Fitzgerald.

Fitzgerald was then assigned to prosecute, yes, the Al-Qaeda bombings of U.S. embassies in Africa.

Fitzgerald was building a case against Osama Bin Laden five years before 9-11.
...
If there's a single prosecutor in America who fully understands what the Plame case is about -- a reckless compromise of national security for political interest -- it's this guy. If there's a prosecutor in this country who groks the background and context of the specific operations destroyed by this crime, it's this guy. And if there's a single prosecutor capable of pursuing a conspiracy case no matter where it reaches, it sure seems like it's this guy.

-- http://oldamericancentury.org/bb/index.php?showtopic=3955&st=0&

via http://stevegilliard.blogspot.com/2005/10/nest-of-rats.html

[leveymg]

1. Actually, the WTC '93 case prosecutor was Mary Jo White.

Fitzgerald was a senior lawyer under her in the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York. http://archives.cnn.com/2001/LAW/02/16/white.profile/
You're essentially correct. Fitz probably knows more about national security and terrorism prosecutions than anyone in the system today.

[StefanX]

3. Thank you for this correction

nt

[Loonman]

2. So basically he's untouchable

And Repubs screaming "partisan attacks!!!" don't know what they are talking about. As usual.

[MN ChimpH8R]

4. Which means that he understands conspiracies

backwards and forwards, inside and out. Between this and his Mafia prosecutions, he has exactly the experience, patience and ability to put the pieces together. If he has the Italian papers (which apparently he does) he has the roadmap for the whole scheme. Untangling this plate of spaghetti to the point of being able to nail the perps is going to take some time, but it will be worth it.

[woodsprite]

5. How come the more I find out about this, the more I feel

things won't be coming down this week or next. I'm thinking more along the lines of Extension.

Anybody else?

[The_Casual_Observer]

6. Didn't they actually have movies of them making the bomb?

How tough of a case could that have been?