Novak: Administration didn't 'call me to leak this'

CNN via WorldNetDaily.com ^ | Tuesday, September 30, 2003

[JohnHuang2]

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Newspaper columnist Robert Novak said Monday that no one in the administration called him to identify the wife of Bush critic Joe Wilson as a CIA operative.

Wilson, who was acting U.S. ambassador to Iraq just before the Persian Gulf War of 1991, has said White House officials revealed his wife's identity to Novak in retaliation for his exposing flaws in prewar intelligence on Iraq.

[JohnHuang2]

Tuesday, September 30, 2003

Quote of the Day by walford

[mass55th]

"The Washington Post quoted a "senior administration official..."

Oh yeah, I can see a senior administration official giving this info to the Washington Post. Why would anyone from the White House even be speaking to the Post. It's nothing more than a Bush-bashing liberal rag. I think this is bull.

[mass55th]

Fox News showed her with her husband at the White House during some dinner there. If she was a CIA covert agent, would she be seen at such a public function?

[mict42]

It is now a nothing story. The dimocrats still have headlines blazing the story. Is there any doubt where the presses loyalty lies?

[piasa]

Last night

[mass55th]

It was on Brit Hume's show last night. They were only shown from the back, but they were going through a welcome line and were filmed shaking hands with Bubba.

[piasa]

BTW, the only quote I have from Tenet is that they sent an operative to Niger in 2002. He didn't say it was Mr. Wilson, at least not in that quote from his congressional presentation.

Wilson claimed to be the one when he decided to leak but does anyone have a named goverment source which confirms that the operative was indeed Mr. Wilson?

[PogySailor]

I think this guy watched "Alias" a bit to much and thought his wife was the role model for Sydney Bristow.

Sydney Bristow

[Gracey]

IMO, Bubba stuffed his buddies in the CIA and State Department so they could cause trouble for the Bush Administration. That's my analysis of all this hogwash.

Geez, election year is starting way too early.

[ballplayer]

You have a former Clintoon flack who is asked by the Clintoon appointed director of the CIA to go to Africa to find out if Africa is selling Yellow cake to Iraq ,the hack goes down and drinks tea for eight days and talks to some warlords and they swear they are not selling anything and this hack comes back and says verbally oh yeah they told me they are not selling anything and that is proof that Bush is a liar,he then goes on to say that Bush has a foreign policy that is mad.Well Bush has no one to blame but himself ,new tone ,right he left to many of these Clintoon back stabbers around

[ballplayer]

You have a former Clintoon flack who is asked by the Clintoon appointed director of the CIA to go to Africa to find out if Africa is selling Yellow cake to Iraq ,the hack goes down and drinks tea for eight days and talks to some warlords and they swear they are not selling anything and this hack comes back and says verbally oh yeah they told me they are not selling anything and that is proof that Bush is a liar,he then goes on to say that Bush has a foreign policy that is mad.Well Bush has no one to blame but himself ,new tone ,right he left to many of these Clintoon back stabbers around

[mystery-ak]

What really bothers me is that Wilson made the rounds to almost every media outlet yesterday....the making of a scandal....DUH!

[mewzilla]

He's going to be on FOX any minute, too...

[mystery-ak]

He's making sure the public is saturated with mis-informatin...that way it looks like the administration has a lot to answer for....

[mewzilla]

He can try....