Posted on 12/05/2004 4:30:47 PM PST by Snapple
One intriguing possibility, noted by several lawyers familiar with the case, is that Novak may have invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, and that Fitzgerald has not yet chosen to give him immunity from prosecution to compel his testimony.
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I don't know why you're yelling it at me. I'm already aware it has to do with WH officials who want their good names cleared and want these reporters to admit Libby and they did not leak Plame's name. The WH officials have signed confidentiality waivers!
(In case you still don't get it, that means they are NOT the source, hence you still have zero evidence that the WH leaked)
I don't know how I missed this comment of yours from earlier. That is a flat out lie. Novak has most certainly not said the White House was his source. "Administration officials" is what he said, which applies to anyone who works at the CIA, State, etc. He has said it was NOT the WH.
Novak:
"My role and the role of the Bush White House have been distorted and need explanation."
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/robertnovak/rn20031001.shtml
Of course, the fact that Fitzgerals has been interviewing all the White House people is good evidence, too.
We've gone over that before. It buttresses my point, not yours. As does the WH personnel who are cooperating (unlike some of the media that have been called).
Administration Officials are people with political appointments from the current Administration.
Career professionals are not considered Administration Officials.
I think that when Novak uses the word "distorted" he means that the information was not given to him as part of a vendetta but to explain why it happened that Joe Wilson, a Democrat, was sent to Niger.
He is explaining that the revelation was not meant to damage this lady but to explain the choice of Wilson.
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