Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald

I considered him to be one of the very best lawyers in the office and someone who could keep his head in cases that had enormously complex and sensitive issues....  He's totally independent.  He'll do what the evidence suggests should be done.  I have complete confidence in him. 

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He's also totally non-intimidated by the political process and by people in positions of power. So he's very comfortable doing a case whether it involves some local gang-banger or a case involving some of the most powerful people in the United States.

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If I was whoever it was who had leaked the name, I would not have been happy when I found out it was Pat Fitzgerald who was going to lead the investigation.

Those quotes are from just three of the people who know the Special Prosecutor well and who were interviewed by NPR for a piece on Fitzgerald.  For more of the interview, click here...