Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Novak Notes
Robert Novak has finally revealed a couple of his sources in the Valerie Plame leak. As the Washington Post reports, "in a column to be published today, Novak said he told [Special Prosecutor Patrick] Fitzgerald in early 2004 that White House senior adviser Karl Rove and then-CIA spokesman Bill Harlow had confirmed for him, at his request, information about CIA operative Valerie Plame."
Novak still refuses to reveal the identity of his primary source, because as he says, "my primary source has not come forward to identify himself."
None of this is any great surprise to those who have been following the case, and with the announcement that Karl Rove will not be prosecuted, it's rather anticlimactic.
Meanwhile, Novak has put some fuel in the Democrats' electoral fire. In his Monday column, Novak writes that "a six-seat takeover capturing the Senate is possible."
Novak still refuses to reveal the identity of his primary source, because as he says, "my primary source has not come forward to identify himself."
None of this is any great surprise to those who have been following the case, and with the announcement that Karl Rove will not be prosecuted, it's rather anticlimactic.
Meanwhile, Novak has put some fuel in the Democrats' electoral fire. In his Monday column, Novak writes that "a six-seat takeover capturing the Senate is possible."
