Novak Reveals Plame Source

Posted on July 11, 2006

Update: Read his column at Human Events.
Thanks to Don Surber for pointing this one out to me.

BOB NOVAK, My Leak Case Testimony: ‘I learned Valerie Plame’s name from Joe Wilson’s entry in ‘Who’s Who in America’… MORE Published reports that I took the Fifth Amendment, made a plea bargain with the prosecutors or was a prosecutorial target were all untrue… MORE… My primary source has not come forward to identify himself… Bill Harlow, the CIA public information officer who was my CIA source for the column confirming Mrs. Wilson’s identity. I learned Valerie Plame’s name from Joe Wilson’s entry in ‘Who’s Who in America’… I answered questions using the names of Rove, Harlow and my primary source… I considered his wife’s role in initiating Wilson’s mission, later confirmed by the Senate Intelligence Committee, to be a previously undisclosed part of an important news story. I reported it on that basis.

And there goes plamegate down in flames. Or should we arrest the author of “Who’s Who in America”? I guess this could be called the “anti-fitzmah”. Excuse me while I wipe the tears from my eyes. This is hillarious! Oops! I didn’t know we weren’t supposed to talk about this.
Outside The Beltway has the latest speculations:

The general consensus at the moment seems to be that the identity of the “primary source” is former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage. This is important because it would suggest that Novak learned of Plame’s identity and employment inadvertently as gossip–as Novak has maintained all along–rather than through some concerted effort by the Bush administration to “out” Plame as retribution for her husband Joe Wilson’s attacks against the administration.

Also see Expose The Left

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2 Responses to “Novak Reveals Plame Source”

John on July 11th, 2006 6:28 pm

“…the CIA public information officer who was my CIA source for the column confirming Mrs. Wilson’s identity.”

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Oh and did I mention HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Public information officer! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Whew I feel better now.
gfactor on July 11th, 2006 7:50 pm

“Or should we arrest the author of “Who’s Who in America”?”

Are you really this stupid?