News item, 2002: U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald receives the Attorney General's Award for Distinguished Service in recognition of his pursuit of criminal cases against Osama bin Laden and other global terrorist networks.
News item, 2005: The Attorney General's Chief of Staff, Kyle Sampson, rates Fitzgerald's performance as "poor," stating he had not distinguished himself in his role as U.S. Attorney.
For the record, the Valerie Plame case (which Fitzgerald was investigating) was in full swing in 2005.
But there were no politics involved in the review of U.S. Attorney job performances. Right?
Right?
The dump of 3,000 documents regarding the firing of several U.S. Attorneys continues. TPMmuckraker is going through them with a fine tooth comb. You can see what they find here.
