He did no such thing in the Libby case. Quite the opposite in fact, he did his best to smear every Republican he could find.
Except for the two liberals (Powell,Armitage), who actually talked with Novak?
Ya got me. It’s been theorized that Fitzpatrick is deep-down a Clintonite & that explains his (mis)handling of the Plame-affair as well as Rezko. I don’t know of much that supports that theory, however.