fitzgerald and AIPAC

i dont really know the politics of JTA - but in an article about the AIPAC case, they said:

"The argument that Rosen and Weissman’s practices were routine got unexpected support last week from none other than Patrick Fitzgerald. ..

In an extended news conference, Fitzgerald sought to explain why he was prosecuting a cover-up — the alleged perjury — and not the underlying alleged crime, the leaking of Valerie Wilson’s name.

“That would violate the statute known as Section 793, which is the Espionage Act,” Fitzgerald said. “That is a difficult statute to interpret. It’s a statute you ought to carefully apply. I think there are people out there who would argue that you would never use that to prosecute the transmission of classified information, because they think that would convert that statute into what is in England the Official Secrets Act.”" (link)

actually, what Fitzgerald said immediately after that was:

"So there are people who should argue that you should never use that statute because it would become like the Official Secrets Act.

I don't buy that theory, but I do know you should be very careful in applying that law because there are a lot of interests that could be implicated in making sure that you picked the right case to charge that statute." (link)

i've probably been guilty of selective editing myself at times, but to claim 'unexpected support' just because fitz said 'some people say...' is a bit of a stretch.