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"Mr. Fitz, in your threat to sue for libel, please, either put up or shut up"
By Peter Lance (about the author)
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TIME FOR FITZGERALD TO "PUT UP OR SHUT UP"
So now four weeks after the books publication and seven weeks after his last threat to sue, I'm writing this piece to say "Bring it Pat..." Put your summons and complaint for libel where your mouth was all those months. If you think you have a viable defamation case against me and HarperCollins mount it now -- or admit that you never should have abused the power of your office by using the civil libel laws to try and chill a journalist and publisher.
While no one invites litigation I, for one, would welcome a chance to sit across a legal conference table where you would be compelled to testify at a deposition under oath. Maybe then you'd tell the full truth about how it was that the best and the brightest in the FBI and SDNY were so outgunned for so long by al Qaeda and its master spy.
If you don't have what it takes to file that threatened lawsuit, Mr. Fitz, then at least have the honesty to withdraw your specious claim and support my call for Ali Mohamed to testify before a committee of Congress.
As Justice Brandeis said, "sunlight is the best disinfectant," and it's time for the Justice Department and the FBI to shine a light into the dark recesses of Ali Mohamed's secret life.
Become a Fan -- Page 5 of 5 page(s)
So now four weeks after the books publication and seven weeks after his last threat to sue, I'm writing this piece to say "Bring it Pat..." Put your summons and complaint for libel where your mouth was all those months. If you think you have a viable defamation case against me and HarperCollins mount it now -- or admit that you never should have abused the power of your office by using the civil libel laws to try and chill a journalist and publisher.
While no one invites litigation I, for one, would welcome a chance to sit across a legal conference table where you would be compelled to testify at a deposition under oath. Maybe then you'd tell the full truth about how it was that the best and the brightest in the FBI and SDNY were so outgunned for so long by al Qaeda and its master spy.
If you don't have what it takes to file that threatened lawsuit, Mr. Fitz, then at least have the honesty to withdraw your specious claim and support my call for Ali Mohamed to testify before a committee of Congress.
As Justice Brandeis said, "sunlight is the best disinfectant," and it's time for the Justice Department and the FBI to shine a light into the dark recesses of Ali Mohamed's secret life.
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Peter Lance is a five-time Emmy-winning investigative reporter now working as a screenwriter and novelist. With a Masters Degree from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and a J.D. from Fordham School of Law, Lance spent the first 15 (more...)
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by Archie on Thursday, Jul 16, 2009 at 2:01:30 PM
Thank you, Mr. Lance
by George Washington on Thursday, Jul 16, 2009 at 4:07:17 PM
Where is Melvin Latimore today ?
by arthur adze on Thursday, Jul 16, 2009 at 9:56:06 PM
Melvin Lattimore?
by arthur adze on Friday, Jul 17, 2009 at 5:44:27 AM