Karl Rove's prosecutor named "lawyer of the year"

[Sauron]

Yeah, baby! Merry Fitz-mas!

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The National Law Journal Selects Plamegate Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald as 2005 Lawyer of the Year

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 19, 2005--The National Law Journal(R) today announced the selection of Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald as its 2005 "Lawyer of the Year," for his direction of the ongoing investigation into leaks related to CIA agent Valerie Plame. The editors of the newspaper also named Navy Lt. Cmdr. Charles Swift as the runner-up in this year's award program for his role in challenging the constitutionality of the Guantanamo Bay prisoner tribunals, from within the military. Profiles of both lawyers headline the year-end December 19th issue of The National Law Journal, available today, and are also online at www.nlj.com.

"Through his dogged pursuit of the CIA leak investigation, U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald, a Republican appointee, has set Washington on its ear," said Rex Bossert, editor in chief of The National Law Journal. "He is following his leads to the top echelons of the Bush administration and proving that the rule of law trumps politics, even in the nation's capital."

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Not too shabby for a "junkyard dog," eh Mr. Woodward?