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	Fitzgerald Inquiry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The inquiry was established in response to a series of articles on high-level police corruption in The Courier-Mail by reporter Phil Dickie, followed by a Four Corners report, aired on 11 May 1987, entitled "The Moonlight State" with reporter Chris Masters.
		While the terms of the inquiry were initially narrow, restricted only to the specific allegations raised against specific persons named in the media over a period of just five years, Fitzgerald used his moral authority to lever the inquiry into a position of being able to inquire into any relevant matter.
		Based on the inquiry's final report,[1] a number of high-profile politicians were charged with crimes; notably Queensland Police Commissioner (Sir) Terry Lewis was charged with corruption, and Bjelke-Petersen himself was charged with perjury for evidence given to the inquiry.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fitzgerald_Inquiry (429 words)

	Bush At Bay - Fitzgerald Looks At Niger Forgeries
		Fitzgerald's inquiry is expected to conclude this week and despite feverish speculation in Washington, there have been no leaks about his decision whether to issue indictments and against whom and on what charges.
		The first is that Fitzgerald last year sought and obtained from the Justice Department permission to widen his investigation from the leak itself to the possibility of cover-ups, perjury and obstruction of justice by witnesses.
		Fitzgerald's team has been given the full, and as yet unpublished report of the Italian parliamentary inquiry into the affair, which started when an Italian journalist obtained documents that appeared to show officials of the government of Niger helping to supply the Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein with Yellowcake uranium.
	www.rense.com /general68/niger.htm (1309 words)

	FT.com / World / US & Canada - No final report seen in inquiry on CIA leak (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Fitzgerald’s inquiry has remained fixed on two senior White House aides, Karl Rove, who is President Bush’s senior adviser and deputy chief of staff, and I. Lewis Libby Jr., who is Vice President Dick Cheney’s chief of staff.
		Fitzgerald seems to be wrestling with decisions about how to proceed, leaning toward indictments but continuing to weigh thousands of pages of documents and testimony he has compiled during the nearly two-year inquiry.
		Fitzgerald brought charges that were narrowly focused on perjury, false statement or obstruction of justice counts involving misstatements by officials in their testimony.
	www.ft.com /cms/s/c18eacba-4072-11da-b3f9-00000e2511c8.html (979 words)

	Populist Party - Focus widens in CIA leak case (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Fitzgerald has asked to meet Tuesday with Judith Miller, a reporter for The New York Times who, after spending 85 days in jail, testified last week to the grand jury about her conversations with I. Lewis Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff.
		Fitzgerald has asked Karl Rove, the senior White House adviser, to appear before the grand jury later next week for what would be his fourth round of testimony.
		As he approaches the end of his 22-month inquiry, Fitzgerald appears to be exploring novel approaches to possible charges in the case.
	www.populistamerica.com /focus_widens_in_cia_leak_case (544 words)

	Top White House adviser Rove won't be indicted in leak case \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		Fitzgerald's decision left I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, alone among current and former White House officials still facing legal jeopardy in the 3-year-old CIA leak case.
		Fitzgerald announced in a letter to Luskin on Monday that he would not indict Rove, who had testified on five occasions to a federal grand jury about his involvement in the disclosure of an intelligence operative's identity.
		Fitzgerald's decision is not expected to affect the legal case against Libby, who is charged with perjury and obstruction of justice.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20060614/news_1n14rove.html (1090 words)

	Probing shady places - National - www.theage.com.au
		The problem with inquiries into police corruption from the viewpoint of politicians is that the damage is never limited to the police.
		Fitzgerald didn't get far into the drug trade and its networks of protection, but in dissecting the Queensland system from the Premier's office to the gutters of inner-suburban Fortitude Valley he felt qualified to make far-reaching and comprehensive recommendations for reform.
		The investigative techniques, the strategies and sometimes even the former Fitzgerald personnel were recognisable in the WA Inc Royal Commission, which did indeed pop a former premier into jail, and in the Woods Royal Commission that found NSW police corruption that had somehow escaped the attention of that state's permanent anti-corruption commission.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2004/06/05/1086377185492.html (1296 words)

	How best to use Fitzgerald - Opinion - www.theage.com.au
		He was able to deliver such an insightful and enduring set of recommendations because he headed a commission of inquiry that over a concentrated period had the opportunity to focus on peeling back the layers of police corruption that had built up over many years.
		Like commissioners of inquiries and royal commissions before (and after), Fitzgerald rejected the notion that police corruption is the result of a few rotten apples in an otherwise pristine barrel.
		Ideally it should invite Fitzgerald to establish or assist in the establishment of a commission of inquiry into police corruption and organised crime.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2004/06/03/1086203561685.html (1039 words)

	USNews.com: The lawman investigating a White House leak just won't take no for an answer
		These days, Fitzgerald, who was named the U.S. attorney in Chicago just days before the 9/11 terrorist attacks, is getting more than his fair share of national headlines--but for an entirely different kind of dot-connecting that has alarmed American media organizations and outraged champions of the First Amendment.
		The story, by now, is a familiar one: In December 2003, Fitzgerald, 44, was named as a Justice Department special counsel to investigate whether Bush administration officials illegally leaked the name of a covert CIA operative named Valerie Plame to conservative columnist Robert Novak.
		Fitzgerald has been criticized for his handling of the charity investigations, which fizzled out in a weak plea bargain, a modest jail sentence, and failed cooperation from a key defendant, who the judge in the case concluded was more a victim of guilt by association than a financial backer of al Qaeda.
	www.usnews.com /usnews/news/articles/050704/4fitzgerald.htm (535 words)

	The American Spectator
		But Fitzgerald is apparently focusing his investigation on matters well beyond the act originally complained of, and even beyond the usual allegations of coverup and conspiracy.
		Fitzgerald, according to several stories -- especially Judith Miller's account of her grand jury testimony -- seems to be going beyond the usual coverup investigation and into how classified information was handled in the Vice President's office.
		President Bush -- with the Fitzgerald investigation coming to a close, with the Miers nomination in real trouble, and everything else on his plate, including the UN, Syria, and the war in Iraq -- vowed to not be distracted by the "background noise" and "chatter" surrounding his political woes.
	www.spectator.org /dsp_article.asp?art_id=8923 (1253 words)

	USATODAY.com - Investigator of CIA leak seen as relentless (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Fitzgerald's official biography says he was named special counsel in December 2003 to investigate "the alleged disclosure of the identity of a purported employee of the Central Intelligence Agency."
		The inquiry led to interviews of President Bush and Vice President Cheney and to grand jury subpoenas for White House deputy chief of staff Karl Rove, Cheney's chief of staff I. Lewis Libby and at least a dozen other officials.
		Fitzgerald is to meet with Miller today to discuss newly discovered notes on her conversations with Libby.
	www.usatoday.com /news/washington/2005-10-10-fitzgerald_x.htm (1015 words)

	The Randi Rhodes Show on Air America Radio
		Fitzgerald, the U.S. attorney in Chicago, was appointed a special prosecutor in December 2003 and was given wide latitude to conduct his investigation.
		Fitzgerald has asked witnesses not to discuss their grand jury testimony, but the law does not prohibit them from speaking publicly.
		Fitzgerald's term as special prosecutor expires in October, but it could be renewed if the investigation is not finished.
	www.therandirhodesshow.com /live/node/326 (1329 words)

	The Bullwinkle Blog » Blog Archive » Fitzgerald’s Inquiry Over Before It Started.
		Fitzgerald properly exercised his prosecutorial discretion in continuing to pursue possible wrongdoing in the case has become the subject of rich debate on editorial pages and in legal and political circles.
		Fitzgerald’s decision to prolong the inquiry once he took over as special prosecutor in December 2003 had significant political and legal consequences.
		Fitzgerald should be up on some kind of charges himself, let him get a taste of the a special prosecutor’s attacks himself.
	www.bullwinkleblog.com /?p=2042 (318 words)

	Background Briefing - 16 May 1999 - Queensland: Ten Years After Fitzgerald
		The Fitzgerald Inquiry uncovered corruption and misconduct at the highest levels of the police force and government, and led to the jailing of government ministers and the Commissioner of Police.
		However the whole Fitzgerald Inquiry was, particularly the media investigations at the beginning, was not so much an exercise in uncovering actual instances of corruption, because we didn't have the resources or the legal power to do that.
		Nowadays after the Fitzgerald era, goodness me, you're not game to go out along the streets anywhere today, any part of Queensland, simply because they neglected the opportunity and the position that had been created by the police force in their control of drugs and all these other vices that have escalated.
	www.abc.net.au /rn/backgroundbriefing/stories/1999/26032.htm (6306 words)

	War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity
		Fitzgerald, the U.S. attorney in Chicago, was appointed a special prosecutor in December of that year.
		Fitzgerald is working with FBI agents and a team of attorneys from the Justice Department in Washington, D.C., as well as four prosecutors from his office in Chicago.
		Fitzgerald asked witnesses not to discuss their grand jury testimony in public, but the law does not prohibit witnesses from speaking publicly.
	www.christusrex.org /www1/news/lat-7-23-05a.html (924 words)

	W000645 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Cantor Fitzgerald's decision to distribute 25% of the profits that would have been distributed to its partners over the next five years for the benefit of the families of its deceased employees would, in effect, be converted into a commitment to give one-fourth of those profits to the airlines, flowing through the government.
		Cantor Fitzgerald appreciates the opportunity to provide comment to the Department on the various questions presented in the Notice of Inquiry, and it comprehends the difficulty the Department faces in promulgating rules and implementing the claim process by the deadline imposed by Congress.
		Cantor Fitzgerald stands ready to assist the Department in ensuring that the families of its lost employees, as well as its injured surviving employees, are able to look to the Fund for full and fast compensation for the economic and noneconomic damages they have suffered as a result of the September 11th terrorist attacks.
	911digitalarchive.org /doj/emails/W000645.html (6391 words)

	Prosecutor in leak case exploring range of crimes - Americas - International Herald Tribune
		WASHINGTON The prosecutor in the CIA leak case is exploring a range of possible crimes, lawyers in the case say, suggesting that the investigation has moved well beyond its initial focus on whether anyone in the Bush administration illegally disclosed the identity of a CIA operative.
		Fitzgerald has asked to meet Tuesday with Judith Miller, a reporter for The New York Times who, after spending 85 days in jail, testified last week to the grand jury about her conversations with I.Lewis Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff.
		Fitzgerald has asked Karl Rove, the senior White House adviser, to appear before the grand jury next week for what would be his fourth round of testimony.
	www.iht.com /articles/2005/10/09/news/leak.php (492 words)

	MercuryNews.com \| 09/10/2006 \| LONG LEAK PROBE QUESTIONED
		As Fitzgerald examined the evidence, he seems to have concluded that some White House officials might not have been forthcoming to investigators about their conversations with reporters.
		In early February 2004, barely a month into his tenure, Fitzgerald sought and received a letter from his Justice Department boss stating that -- in addition to probing the leaks -- he was authorized to pursue possible obstruction of justice and related crimes.
		But with the evidence he had, and with indications that administration officials might have been less than candid with investigators, Fitzgerald decided to press on with his investigation even though he knew the answer to what the public considered the main question.
	www.thestate.com /mld/thestate/news/world/15485895.htm (912 words)

	Lex Scripta
		Known eponymously as the “Fitzgerald Inquiry”, it became a watershed in Queensland’s social, political and legal history, as well as a model for similar inquiries in other States.
		It cannot be doubted that the unexampled success of the Fitzgerald Inquiry was largely (if not exclusively) attributable to the wisdom, persistence and moral courage of its chairman.
		If the experience of appearing in the Fitzgerald court was not always a comfortable one for advocates, it was certainly an intellectual challenge.
	www.lexscripta.com /articles/fitzgerald.html (849 words)

	The Major Figures \| Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ)
		Patrick J. Fitzgerald--The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, Fitzgerald was appointed special prosecutor of the Plame CIA leak inquiry.
		Fitzgerald is expected to conclude his investigation October 28, 2005.
		On November 16th, the Post reported that Woodward gave a two hour deposition to Special Counsel Fitzgerald in which it was revealed that an unnamed Bush administration official told Woodward about Plame's identity which was prior to any known disclosures of the CIA analyst's identity.
	www.journalism.org /node/1668 (855 words)

	The Seattle Times: Politics: Libby testimony may conflict, lawyer says
		Special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald appears to be winding up his 22-month investigation of whether any government official leaked Plame's name to retaliate for criticism of the administration by Plame's husband, former Ambassador Joseph Wilson.
		Fitzgerald's investigation began as an inquiry into whether the disclosure of Plame's identity as a CIA agent to columnist Robert Novak by two senior administration officials was a violation of federal law.
		Novak disclosed the name of Wilson's wife, described her as a CIA "operative" and described her alleged role in arranging Wilson's trip to Niger to determine whether Iraq was seeking uranium from that country.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/politics/2002565654_leak17.html (564 words)

	AsiaMedia :: Story, Print Version (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The request for Novak's testimony is the first tangible sign in weeks that Fitzgerald has not yet completed his inquiry into Rove's actions and may still be considering charges against him.
		Fitzgerald's request for Novak's testimony follows a disclosure by the Washington Post on Nov. 16 that its best-known reporter, Bob Woodward, had testified under oath to Fitzgerald about matters that lawyers in the case said were unrelated to Rove.
		Novak is not known to have had discussions with Rove or other White House officials about the CIA officer during the midsummer of 2003, the time that has been the principal focus of Fitzgerald's inquiry.
	www.asiamedia.ucla.edu /print.asp?parentid=34554 (557 words)

	Jim Hoagland - October 20, 2005
		Fitzgerald's inquiry has become a significant weather vane for corrosive changes occurring in the political and journalistic cultures of the nation's capital.
		Fitzgerald's most lasting legacy in this case will be not as a prosecutor.
		But Fitzgerald has wielded his prosecutorial discretion like a bludgeon, with scant regard for the need for a balance of official candor and journalistic responsibility that serves the public good.
	www.postwritersgroup.com /archives/hoag1020.htm (660 words)

	2nd Time Reporter Meets Fitzgerald, CIA Leak Prosecutor Spends An Hour With Time's Viveca Novak - CBS News
		Fitzgerald and an associate emerged from the office of attorney Hank Schuelke at 11:30 a.m.
		Fitzgerald had been seeking testimony from Novak about her conversations with Robert Luskin, an attorney for deputy White House chief of staff Karl Rove, who is still under investigation.
		Plame's CIA status was disclosed eight days after her husband, former U.S. ambassador Joseph Wilson, publicly accused the administration of twisting intelligence to exaggerate the Iraqi threat in the run-up to the war.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2005/12/08/politics/printable1108940.shtml (685 words)

	OpinionJournal - Extra
		Fitzgerald's investigation into the identification of Valerie Plame as a CIA "operative" to columnist Robert Novak.
		The Plame inquiry is justified, we're told, by the Intelligence Identities Protection Act, which Congress passed because our intelligence community was apoplectic over Mr.
		Fitzgerald is using to validate his inquiry could never amount to a compelling need for a journalist's testimony about confidential sources.
	www.opinionjournal.com /extra/?id=110006047 (983 words)

	April 4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Fitzgerald has now subpoenaed Saddam Hussein to answer questions on the noted Udday Hussein letter to Russian President Putin and communications that took place between Saddam, his late son Udday and the former NSA treason bitch now Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
		Woodward is due back in front of the Fitzgerald Grand Jury soon in a desperate attempt to avoid indictment for perjury, obstruction of justice and criminal conspiracy.
		P.P.S. Sources close to the Fitzgerald inquiry report that new charges are soon to be aimed at Marc Rich attorney, Scooter Libby as well as the official announcement of the Indictments of Karl Rove, Stephen Hadley and Richard Armitage.
	www.stewwebb.com /Patrick_Fitzgerald_Lock_Box_April_4_2006.htm (447 words)

	The Brisbane Institute - Transcripts - I
		Vital to that understanding of course, is the Fitzgerald Inquiry, its subsequent report and the processes that flowed from it.
		The simplest measure of Fitzgerald’s legacy, the contribution his work has made to healing and strengthening the body politic in this State, may be the fact that we now have in office the fourth Government since the report was handed to Premier Mike Ahern on July 3, 1989.
		Similarly Fitzgerald recommended the establishment of the now disbanded Electoral and Administrative Review Commission whose most notable achievement was the ending of the notorious electoral gerrymander, introduced by the Labor Government after World War II and refined by former Premier Bjelke-Petersen and the late Russ Hinze.
	www.brisinst.org.au /papers/botsman_peter_postfitz/transcript-I.html (903 words)

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