Fitzgerald Indicts Black

On Thursday Patrick Fitzgerald leveled an eight count indictment against former newspaper baron Conrad Black. According to Fitzgerald: "All in all what has happened here has been a gross abuse by the officers and directors and insiders who decided to line their pockets" It’s the same mix of righteous indignation and homey metaphor that keeps administration officials tossing and turning at night. The investigation was pure Fitzgerald: he has no patience for arrogance in the rich and powerful and takes it personally when he’s lied to in the course of his investigations. Typically he keeps his powder dry, flips the underlings (Radler in Black’s case), works hard and says little before detonating an explosion of hardcore indictments. And Bob Woodward has given him more kindling. Fitzgerald’s intention to bring fresh evidence before a new grand jury can only be a bad turn of events for the President. Be sure the Special Prosecutor's angry: at Woodward; at Woodward's source; at all the other administration officials who recklessly contributed to the destruction of one woman’s career. He has a genuine concern for the little guy and won’t rest until wrongs inflicted on him or her by the elites are punished. Black’s facing forty years, and the prosecutor has made it clear he will pursue extradition if he doesn’t show to answer the charges. Radler was sentenced to over two years, and that’s after cooperating. Fitzgerald threw all of his weight into this because average shareholders were bilked. Does anyone believe he’ll be less inclined to swing for the fence when national security is the concern?