Color me skeptical.
It would also be inconsistent with everything Fitzgerald has done in his reported career. I know a bunch of folks around here like to slag on him about this case, but his record prior to this case reveals nothing but a thorough, stand-up prosecutor. There is no reason prior to this case to think he is a Bush-hating case-manufacturing moonbat, but that is exactly the picture that most here paint of him.
You know, if you say that enough times, you might even begin to believe it yourself.
What do you think of Fitzgerald's request of the judge that the dismissed juror be replaced and the deliberations restarted, even though, according to NRO, it's exactly the opposite of what prosecutors usually request?
"So, you really think this could've played out this way if there was never any basis for a referral or an investigation?"
Yes, I do. Let me explain why (again). Bush probably appointed the SP because he figured:
1) If he doesn't do it, the conspiracies of cover up will grow out of control and dominate the news indefinitely.
2) If he does, an honest SP will quickly dismiss the whole thing.
Unfortunately, Bush assumed incorrectly that the SP would act in good faith. But, as I said earlier, the SP is really accountable to no one. So he had no compelling reason to act in good faith. And he didn't.