Novak Skates While Reporters Sweat

Washingtonian ^ | 12/10/04 | HARRY JAFFE

[oceanview]

if Miller/Cooper now says that Wilson was indeed the source - then the "senior WH officials" story was a lie. Worse then that, it was fabricated to hurt Bush. That could make the Dan Rather story look like beanbag.

[bushisdamanin04]

I hope Wilson was the source.

[oceanview]

indeed. but again, this is the best working theory everyone comes up with when this issue comes up on FR. I mean, why would these reporters go to jail to protect Scooter Libby?

[bushisdamanin04]

Because if this theory is correct, then they know that the whole thing was a scam from the get-go and they permitted it to happen.

[Frumious Bandersnatch]

Lessee now, Wilson lied, someone leaked info on Plame (although Wilson did plenty of leaking before) and now this author is claiming that someone has a vendetta against Wilson.

If someone lied about me as badly as Wilson did about Bush, I might be just a tad unhappy too.

[Retwarrior]

Novak stated his source was "senior administration officials" not "WH officials". His source, therefore, could have been from the CIA, State Department, or any other department.

[oceanview]

OK, fine. still, we do not know if he heard the story 2nd hand - from some other reporter as opposed to the "official" himself.

[jordan8]

Give 'em hell, Bob, tell 'em where to get off.

Raised as a Jew, Novak converted to Catholicism in 1998.

I've have a feeling that this is what Jaffe really has against Novak, otherwise why bring it up?

[The Old Hoosier]

Novak...said on CNN’s The Capital Gang that his Thanksgiving dinner had been ruined by the sight of so many homeless people shown on TV that day.

LOL! I'm going to use that one some time.

[AmishDude]

I do not believe it was Wilson. Novak's words lead me to conclude it was (a) a very low-level (b) political appointee. He said the person was "not a partisan gunslinger". This leads me to lead that it was a Republican, not a civil servant or a holdover. If it were either of those, he could have said so and ended the whole controversy once and for all. I just think it's a very young person who told Novak what everybody knew.