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| Novak: Feds know who outed CIA agent | |
| 2006-04-20 | |
Robert Novak said Wednesday that special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald knows who outed a CIA agent to the Chicago Sun-Times columnist but hasn't acted on the information because Novak's source committed no crime.
Novak made his remarks at the first of an occasional series of forums jointly sponsored by the Sun-Times and the University of Illinois at Chicago. Sun-Times political writer and Channel 5 reporter Carol Marin, who moderated the forum, immediately asked Novak what he could say about the Plame case. Novak acknowledged the swirl of speculation regarding his actions in Fitzgerald's investigation of the leak, including whether he testified before a grand jury, revealed his source to Fitzgerald or made some sort of a plea bargain by fingering someone else so he could stay out of jail. But he called the speculation "ridiculous," declining to reveal his actions. "I'm not going to tell you because it's none of your damn business," he said. Still, he did say, "If I had gone before a grand jury and taken the Fifth Amendment, Mr. Fitzgerald would have that on the street in about two minutes." Novak also claimed that investigators know who leaked the information, although he did not say how they know. "The question is, does Mr. Fitzgerald know who the source was?" Novak asked. "Of course. He's known for years who the first source is. If he knows the source, why didn't he indict him? Because no crime was committed." Novak said he doesn't believe his source violated laws forbidding the disclosure of a CIA agent's identity. A spokesman for Fitzgerald declined to comment on Novak's remarks. At an appearance in December, Novak said President Bush knows his source, too. On Wednesday, he called those remarks "indiscreet." Novak said he would reveal more "in time, when this investigation, if it ever ends, ends." | |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #14 RR Your lame attempts at comparing this place to Koz are noted - and laughed at. You'd be surprised about who some of the people here are. And no, I don't mean Mendiola. We can't figure out what he's saying either. Some here think he's a misprogrammed AI escaped from a lab somewhere. |
| Posted by: Oldspook 2006-04-20 23:59 |
| #13 the left will be the ones resorting to violence in the streets if they lose another election. Then you have nothing to worry about, lol. I do go over to the other side occasionally (KOS, DU), and you know what...sometimes I can't tell the difference between the comments here and there. TW, those are not the type of meds I was refering to, as I'm sure you have guessed. You guys sound really paranoid. Either that or you can sense defeat is around the corner and are preparing for a final showdown. No confidence in your military? What's the problem? |
| Posted by: RR 2006-04-20 23:43 |
| #12 RR has a mommy, no wife, I'm pretty sure on that one |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-04-20 22:54 |
| #11 RR dear, Alaska Paul lives in Alaska, hence the name. It gets awfully snowy there sometimes. He'd be a fool not to keep his medicine cabinet stocked always. I keep mine stocked too, and my pantry, especially during tornado season -- there are things I don't want to have to worry about when the roof flies away and the power goes off. Or when the roads ice over and the schools are closed. That's basic housewifery, dear; I'm sure your wife can explain. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-04-20 22:45 |
| #10 0 gawd |
| Posted by: RD 2006-04-20 19:37 |
| #9 :> |
| Posted by: 6 2006-04-20 19:21 |
| #8 Lon Horiuchi. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-04-20 18:16 |
| #7 You guys will all turn into Ted Kaczynskis or what? No, just want to be ready to defend what's ours. I figure, seeing what passes for 'discourse' over in the far-left blogs, the left will be the ones resorting to violence in the streets if they lose another election. Go lurk on Democratic Underground or KOS and see what I mean. |
| Posted by: Steve 2006-04-20 18:09 |
| #6 My apologies. That was out of line. But it does sound a bit paranoid. You guys will all turn into Ted Kaczynskis or what? |
| Posted by: RR 2006-04-20 17:21 |
| #5 LOL. You ought to be. Stock up on meds too. |
| Posted by: RR 2006-04-20 17:19 |
| #4 I just got two pairs of 5.11 Tactical pants in the mail. Imr reddy, too, Sock. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2006-04-20 16:20 |
| #3 I am locked and loaded Abu Paul. I have been for some time. |
| Posted by: SPoD 2006-04-20 16:04 |
| #2 We have issues like radical Islam trying to infiltrate and destroy this country, as well as Iran threatening destruction of the US and Israel, and Novak is playing in the sandbox with a dead-horse non-issue of worthless CIA employee Valerie Plame and her equally worthless husband. This so-called issue is just a club used by the Dems and the LLL to try to bring down the Bush administration. If this country is attacked again, there will be literally HELL to pay by the people who put their political agenda above the security of this country. And that will include all the political hack journalists, including management of the NYT, as well as elected officials in Congress. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2006-04-20 15:58 |
| #1 Any US Citizen (USCIT) coming in and out of an US Embassy overseas is automatically suspected of being an intelligence operative by host nation intelligence services. We make the same, quite logical assumption here. The diplomatic auto tags make them somewhat easier to follow and monitor if need be. As the lovely wife of a foreign service officer, that's precisely what she was doing, coming and going in her own "true name," with the diplomatic immunity of a black passport. Her profile was much, much to high for any type of truely clandestine activity. This is all much to do about nothing, and tiresome as well. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2006-04-20 15:00 |