Posted on 10/27/2005 4:53:20 AM PDT by WmCraven_Wk
The former deputy assistant attorney general who helped draft the 1982 Intelligence Identities Protection Act blasted Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald on Wednesday, saying he may be getting "creative with law" in order to justify questionable indictments.
"If you don't have a clear violation, you should not become what's called 'creative with the law,'" Toensing told ABC Radio host Sean Hannity, after noting that the statute she co-authored was never intended to apply to cases like Leakgate.
Toensing said she based her concern on a February report in the Chicago Tribune, which noted, "Probably Fitzgerald's greatest talent was finding creative ways to interpret the law."
The paper went on to quote U.S. attorney David Kelley, who the Tribune called "a close friend of Fitzgerald":
"When you'd looked at a case from every angle," Kelley said, "and you were sure you didn't have what was needed to take it forward, you could show it to Pat and he'd say, 'Have you thought about charging this?' "
Toensing said that she didn't think Kelley's comments were a compliment, telling Hannity, "I don't think you're supposed to be creative with the criminal law. I call it fitting the stepsister's foot into Cinderella's shoe."
There was no crime committed before the investigation. Welcome to the 21st century scandal.
Duplicate from 5:53:24 CDT this morning.
My search on this topic came up clean. Sorry if I missed it.
bttt
My guess is that he has nothing. These visits to lawyers, Wilson's neighbors and "memos" are just an attempt to make Rove and Libby nervous in order to get a confession and plea agreement. He probably suspects some questionable activities but is just too far away from having proof, short of a confession and time is running short. If Rove or Libby knew he had something, they would have long resigned.
Not by Rove and/or Libby perhaps. In any case, lying to the Feds is still a crime. And should be prosecuted, no matter who commits it.
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