"We brought those cases because we realized that the truth is the engine of our judicial system. We didn't get the straight story, and we had to - had to - act."
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Cheney Aide Charged With Lying in Leak Case New York Times (October 29, 2005)
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Patrick Fitzgerald
Patrick Fitzgerald (born December 22, 1960) is an American attorney and the current U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois. On December 30, 2003, Fitzgerald was appointed to be Department of Justice Special Prosecutor and continued the investigation into the Valerie Plame leak.
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