The Case of the Timid Prosecutor
I try and try to understand what Patrick J. Fitzgerald has in his mind as a Special Prosecutor, but then I was never able to figure out Ken Starr either. It seems Special Prosecutors become giddy with power and lose focus.
C'mon Pat, if you want to know who leaked information to Robert Novak about Valerie Plame, stop torturing Judith Miller and Matt Cooper with threats of jail time. Do something really creative and daring. Ask Robert Novak. He’s the guy who wrote the column.
It’s easy . . . call him on the phone and just cut right to the chase . . . “Mr. Novak, this is Patrick Fitzgerald and I’m asking you who contacted you with the Valerie Plame info.” If he hangs up on you or tells you to go fly a kite, get Judge Thomas F. “Hang ‘em High” Hogan to sentence Novak to 18 months for contempt. Unless you’re afraid of Novak. He may be a bit too much the celebrity columnist for a guy like you, who picks his fights and is very aware of who might cause him political damage.
Contempt is an…