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Article: The Prosecutor: The Mystery Man; Patrick Fitzgerald has sent a reporter to jail and pulled back the curtain on top staffers' press chats. Does he have a case?(Cover Story)
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- Newsweek
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- July 25, 2005
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Byline: Jonathan Darman and Michael Isikoff
Growing up in Brooklyn, N.Y., in the 1970s, Patrick Fitzgerald was so determined to attend the prestigious Regis High School that even a rejection letter couldn't keep him away. When his carefully prepared application was denied, Fitzgerald dialed up Regis's director of admissions and protested that there must have been some mistake. Sure enough, the school had mixed up his entrance exam with that of another Patrick Fitzgerald of Brooklyn who got lower marks. The right Patrick Fitzgerald entered Regis that fall.
Now, Washington is wondering if it's gotten Patrick Fitzgerald wrong, too. For nearly two years, the ...