[malia]

"whom the paper falsely described as "a top CIA agent."

This could be stopped right now. If someone actually leaked this info I think it should ruin their career not Novak's.

"That'd be the end of my career. If you can't protect your sources, you're finished."

Who needs sources like that, anyway? And besides Novak is just a seat filler.

And for Novak to add the following tidbit shows he is finished. It convinces me there was so leaker, just Novak leaking.

"They all had a good laugh when someone asked Novak if it was intimidating to meet President Bush. His response: "No. Why should it be? I knew him back when he was still drinking."

Stupid comment!

[Howlin]

I'm not going to tell them who my original leak was. ..."

But on Crossfire he said he would name names if the FBI asked him.

[LibertarianInExile]

I said it before and I'll say it again: Novak is a moron whose only value is to the left, as their version of the Eleanor Clift for the right in roundtable 'discussions' of politics. He's most valued to them in that he says stupid things that are highly quotable, and you can bet that if any of these comments are quoted it'll be the idiotic 'I knew him when he was drinking' statement.

[CyberAnt]

It wasn't just stupid, it was very disrespectful!

[jocon307]

"And besides Novak is just a seat filler."

I'm not sure what you mean by seat filler, but I think Novak is more than that...whatever it is! : )

Novak is a long tenured and well respected political reporter. He's a playah, as the kids say today.

I don't think much will come of any of this, the story seems to have walked it's little legs off already. I could be wrong.