Novak says he can't tell his story yet

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Robert D. Novak, the syndicated columnist who disclosed Plame's CIA job on July 14, 2003, said in a brief interview that he had hoped to write about his role yesterday but could not because Fitzgerald "left something on the table. I hope they take that off the table and I'll do it."

He was referring to the indictment's failure to identify "Official A," one of Novak's two sources on the Plame story who told Libby of his conversation with Novak on July 10 or 11. In the meantime, Novak said, he cannot comment, on the advice of his attorneys. The indictment does not mention whether Novak testified before the grand jury.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/28/AR2005102801913.html

No Rove, No *, No Cheney just some doofus butt kisser named Scooter. I am very depressed.

Fitz today...

"This grand jury's term has expired by statute; it could not be extended. But it's in ordinary course to keep a grand jury open to consider other matters, and that's what we will be doing."

"I will not end the investigation until I can look anyone in the eye and tell them that we have carried out our responsibility sufficiently to be sure that we've done what we could to make intelligent decisions about when to end the investigation. We hope to do that as soon as possible. I just hope that people will take a deep breath and just allow us to continue to do what we have to do. "

IOW, his attorneys told him not to incriminate himself. Novak is as bad as Rove as far as the treason is concerned. He knew exactly what he was doing, the little prick.

...and ultimately get paid for it? Ick.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x5214871

Anyone see this story ... THREE SEALED INDICTMENTS NOT REPORTED
BY MASS MEDIA FOR NATIONAL SECURITY REASONS

From Monday's WaPo:

A critical early success for Fitzgerald was winning the cooperation of Robert D. Novak, the Chicago Sun-Times columnist who named Plame in a July 2003 story and attributed key information to "two senior administration officials." Legal sources said Novak avoided a fight and quietly helped the special counsel's inquiry, although neither the columnist nor his attorney have said so publicly.

Inquiry as Exacting As Special Counsel Is -- A Tough Investigation Is Also Praised as Nonpartisan, By Peter Slevin and Carol D. Leonnig,
Washington Post Staff Writers, Monday, October 24, 2005; Page A03

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/23/AR2005102301028.html
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From the Toronto Star, which picked up the WaPo stuff from above, and added:

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Robert Novak.

He has never revealed his sources and never explained why he had avoided the scrutiny which fell on Miller, Time magazine’s Matt Cooper and others but the Washington Post has reported Novak avoided a fight and quietly helped Fitzgerald’s inquiry.

As the case came to a climax this week, Novak was in Asia.

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Anybody make anything of Novak being halfway around the world? If he were a target, would he be allowed to leave the country? If he were worried about his safety, would he travel far away? Or, just a jet-setter who travels?

He said first that his information was from "two senior White House officials" -- then later he said that his source was "no partisan gunslinger."

My conjecture is that his original statement was correct -- Libby and Rove. However, when he learned that their testimony to the FBI (before Fitzgerald was appointed) was that Tim Russert was the source, he changed his story to the "no partisan gunslinger." Novak is one of the aspens whose roots are connected. Now that Russert is apparently going to be a prosecution witness against Libby ... well, all bets are off on Novak talking, except at his own arraignment.