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Syndicated columnist Robert D. Novak, who has repeatedly declined to discuss his role in disclosing the identity of CIA operative Valerie Plame, said in a speech this week that he is certain President Bush knows who his mystery administration source is.
Novak said Tuesday that the public and press should be asking the president about the official rather than pressing journalists who received the information.
Like a true Republican turncoat, Robert Novak is saying "Stop bugging me. If you want to know who leaked, ASK BUSH!!"
God, this is incredible, and it's only on Page A7 in the print edition.
Look at some of the quotes:
Novak also suggested that the administration official who gave him the information is the same person who mentioned Plame and her CIA role to Washington Post Assistant Managing Editor Bob Woodward in the summer of 2003.
"I'm confident the president knows who the source is," Novak told a luncheon audience at the John Locke Foundation in Raleigh, N.C., on Tuesday, according to an account published yesterday in the Raleigh News & Observer. "I'd be amazed if he doesn't."
So, apparently the Raleigh paper had this and nobody blogged it? Or did I just miss it. Oh well, WaPo missed it also.
The money quote:
"So I say, don't bug me. Don't bug Bob Woodward. Bug the president as to whether he should reveal who the source is," Novak said.
Of course, we can depend on Chucky to jump right on this
Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) sent a letter to Bush yesterday urging him to name the source and make public any disciplinary action taken, "in keeping with your stated desire to root out leaks."
I love this wrap up
Novak said in his speech that an investigation into his role in the Plame affair "snowballed out of proportion" as a result of a "campaign by the left." But he also blamed "extremely bad management of the issue by the White House," saying, "Once you give an issue to a special prosecutor, you lose control of it."
Bad management of an issue? I'd say bad management of a smear campaign. And you would think these lugs have enough experience not to get caught. And that's what Novak gets for throwing in with this slime. It looks like he's being driven crazy. I mean crazier than he already is.
God, they must be bouncing off the walls in the White House. Oh, to be a fly on the wall.