(Last month, I wrote about the attempt by Patrick Fitzgerald to stop the publication of Peter Lance's book, "Triple Cross". Lance saw my diary entry at Daily Kos, titled, "The Wreck of the Patrick Fitzgerald" and asked me to post his latest piece, challenging Fitzgerald to step up to the plate. So here it is, and I should note to DUers that I ultimately disagree with Lance about the true nature of "al Qaeda"... nevertheless, the attempts to suppress his book simply make no sense to me at all... unless a cover-up is underway. What's the cover-up? That is the question. -rep.)"Mr. Fitz, in your threat to sue for libel, please, either put up or shut up"by Peter Lance - July 15th, 2009
Seven weeks ago Patrick Fitzgerald, the most intimidating Federal prosecutor in America, sent my publisher (HarperCollins) and me a letter threatening to sue us for libel if
Triple Cross, a book I wrote, critical of his anti-terrorism track record, was published.
Yesterday marked the four week anniversary of the book's pub date and although it's been out for a month, we're still waiting for his summons and complaint.
It was the fourth threat letter that Fitzgerald had sent since October 2007 and the man who’d succeeded in getting New York Times reporter Judith Miller jailed for 85 days in the CIA leak probe, was growing impatient.
"To put it plain and simple," Fitzgerald wrote, "if in fact you publish the book this month and it defames me or casts me in a false light, HarperCollins will be sued."
Continued...
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/7/1...
