Fitzgerald's Other Investigation: Update

Bloomberg reports Conrad Black failed to appear at his arraignment in Chicago today. Fitzgerald issued a warrant for his arrest last week and indicated he would seek extradition if Black didn't show. The former newspaper baron faces forty years on an eight count indictment. Fitzgerald watchers are keen to see the taciturn proscecutor in action in the hopes of picking up clues to his MO. Heightening the interest is the fact that the cast of characters at Hollinger has ties to figures in the Plamegate investigation—one notable example is Richard Perle, former chairman of the Defense Policy Board at the Pentagon.