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I'm copying this here from the reference desk so I don't lose it when it gets archived →Raul654 13:21, Feb 8, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Special Prosecutor vs Independent Counsel

There are two articles [both of which I wrote :)] -- Special prosecutor and Independent Counsel. Now I have always heard the two terms used synonomously. I want to know what the differences are. If there are none, then I need to move the contents of one to the other and make it a redirect. →Raul654 12:25, Jan 19, 2004 (UTC)

I believe that a Special Prosecutor serves at the will of the Executive, but an Independent Counsel can be fired only for cause. See http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/counsel/office/dash.html. -- Jmabel 06:49, 20 Jan 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Copyvio

Sbrockway tagged this as a copyvio, but I've reverted. Sbrockway's reasoning was that "first 3 paragraphs are a rewording of definition on law.com". It's actually only the first two sentences, and it's a rewording because there's only so many ways you can describe a prosecutor who is appointed to by congress to investigate Government misconduct. Raul654 04:37, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Special Prosecutor Question

Can someone better word the beginning of the article that defines what a special prosecutor is? I ask, because it would seem that Patrick Fritzgerald, for instance, was most definitely not outside of the federal government; he's a federal prosecutor for goodness' sake. --Criticalthinker 08:11, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Fritzgerald was a special prosecutor because he is the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois. Meaning he was from outside of Washington, D.C., so while he is a federal prosecutor he was not considered close to the Bush administration. — Steven Andrew Miller (talk) 20:51, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Special Prosecutors outside the US

This article is interesting, but needs to be expanded to discuss special prosecutors outside the US. I came looking for info on special prosecutors in Canada. A special prosecutor is looking in to the income trusts leak, and there have been some calls for a special prosecutor to look into the airbus affair. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.10.162.85 (talk) 05:10, 11 November 2007 (UTC)