"Robert Novak, a columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times and co-host of CNN’s Crossfire, disappointed audience members at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum last night by refusing to talk about his column that revealed the name of a CIA operative on weapons of mass destruction.On July 14, 2003, Novak named Valerie Plame, the wife of the retired diplomat Joseph C. Wilson, as a CIA operative—an occupation she had kept secret—in his Chicago Sun-Times column.
Novak opened his talk entitled, “The Washington Overview,” with a list of five questions he is frequently asked. At the top of the list comes the question of who were the two senior administration officials who leaked Plame’s name.
“I have been told by my attorneys not to answer that question or any other questions about the CIA,” Novak said.
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