Since I've lived in the Chicago area my whole life, I actually "know" that Fitzgerald is "from" New York. Indeed, he was selected for U.S. Attorney of Illinois in 2001 precisely because Fitzgerald was NOT from Chicago (Fitz said that he had visited Chicago only one day -- for a wedding in 1982 -- before being selected) and therefore had NO connections to the corrupt political establishment there. As such, Fitzgerald was appointed by Bush on the advise of a conservative Republican Senator, and vigorously opposed by the Daley machine (my guess is you have no idea who that is) and the combine (ditto) because they COULDN'T control him.
Thanks to having an independent outsider to oppose the Chicago machine, Fitzgerald has proven to be extremely effective at exposing Obama's gang here in Chicago and has indicted dozens of top-ranking Democrat officials, including James Laski, then the second highest ranking elected Chicago official (city Clerk), Tony Rezko (the top Democrat fundraiser in Illinois), and of course, Rod Blagoejevich. Not to mention just about every paid official in the HDO (Hispanic Democrat Organization) for the Hired Truck scandal (which is a major issue here in Illinois, but unheard of outside our state). NONE of which would have occurred if a Chicago insider had been appointed.
But thanks for proving my point that Fitzgerald haters on FR are ignorant of Chicago politics. Getting rid of Fitzgerald would be Obama's wet dream.
You can indict a ham sandwich. How many confictions so far? We're still waiting on Rezko aren't we? Is Blagoejevich ever coming to trial?
What Mr. Fitzgerald knew, and chose to ignore, is troublesome. Despite what some CIA good ol’ boys might have told Mr. Fitzgerald, he knew from the day he took office that the facts did not support a violation of the Intelligence Identities Protection Act; therefore, there was no crime to investigate. Although he claimed in Mr. Libby's indictment that Ms. Plame’s employment status was “classified,” Mr. Fitzgerald refuses to provide the basis for that fact and, even if true, can point to no law that would be violated by revealing a “classified” (not covert) employment. It was this gap in the law that created the need to pass the act in the first place.