From the Sun-Times:

'Mediocre' jab doesn't faze Fitzgerald

March 23, 2007
BY NATASHA KORECKI Federal Courts Reporter
U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald has heard no shortage of jokes about a recent revelation that a top Department of Justice aide rated him as "mediocre."

Fitzgerald tried to take it in stride in his first media availability since returning from winning a conviction against Vice President Dick Cheney's top aide, I. Lewis Libby, in Washington, D.C.

Not 'one toe in that pool'
"Look, really it's not that big a deal to me," Fitzgerald said. "I just do my job . .. I think I've done the best job I can and that's all I can expect myself to do."

Fitzgerald sidestepped questions about a growing scandal in Alberto Gonzales' office over the firing of eight U.S. attorneys nationwide.

"I've just stepped out of the D.C. fishbowl and I'm not looking to plunge back in," Fitzgerald said. "There's no way I'm putting one toe in that pool and not going head first."