PATRICK FITZGERALD WOUND UP WITH A POSH SLOT AT A TONY CHICAGO DEMOCRATIC LAW FIRM: New revelation helps exonerate Scooter Libby. Of course, it’s been known for some time that Richard Armitage, not Libby, was the leaker, and that Fitzgerald knew that from the beginning but continued to investigate, and target Scooter Libby, anyway. A cynic would say that this was a softening-up operation by the Chicago Machine. But who could be that cynical, in this flowering era of hope and change?