Posted on 07/27/2005 8:43:30 PM PDT by nickcarraway
NEW YORK Columnist Robert Novak, who first announced Valerie Plame's name to the world as a CIA agent two years ago, has been virtually mum about it ever since, not even confirming that he testified before a grand jury and told all.
But on Tuesday, appearing on CNN's Inside Poltics with Candy Crowley, he did respond, in brief, when she suddenly veered off into forbidden Plame territory. The transcript follows:
CROWLEY: I wanted to talk to you about the CIA leak story, because a couple of things have come out that I wanted to see if I could get you to talk about. The first one is that there is a story out there that Karl Rove testified that you were the one that told him that Valerie Plame was at the CIA.
NOVAK: Well I can't talk about anything that I have done. But I would say that it's, to me, very interesting that all these leaks on the grand jury are not coming from the grand jury, or, as far as I know, or from the special prosecutor, they are coming from lawyers for various people who are participating in it, or the participants themselves. Which is a little bit on the unusual side.
The question is, really, political question, is Karl Rove in serious trouble because of this? And you get all kinds of views, but the consensus in the Republicans I talked to is that if the word is coming out from the White House he doesn't have any legal problems he's not going to be prosecuted. If that's right, I have no idea whether that's right, I think he's going to be OK. He's not going to be popular with the people who are attacking him anyway.
I noticed that this has revived the whole story which is the reason I haven't been on television very much lately. And so all things might have a happy consequence, but it has revived the story and the Democrats are trying to make a lot of it. But I think this is a hard story to keep alive until the grand jury and special prosecutor came up with something.
CROWLEY: Well outside whether you testify -- I assume you can't tell us whether you testified at the grand jury or still won't tell us. Outside of that, can you tell us whether you ever told Karl Rove about Valerie Plame's status?
NOVAK: I can't tell anything I ever talked to Karl Rove about, because I don't think I ever talked to him about any subject even the time of day, on the record.
CROWLEY: Stay tuned. Will you come back and tell us when you can tell us?
NOVAK: That would be my pleasure.
Phoney as in "on the phone" or not real??? ;)
Judith Miller is in Jail. J-A-I-L. Rove and Novak don't matter anymore, Miller is the most interesting person now. Nobody else. Judith Miller. The only question the press should be asking is: Whom is she protecting?
LOL!
There are two spellings for the word, though. I looked it up.
I think Novak is clear. He's saying that he never used Rove as a source. You basically cleared up your own confusion. If this is true, which I believe it is. Rove should be cleared.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1452115/posts?page=67#67
I'm with you on this.
Check this out. The libs are starting to turn on her.
Judith Miller has strong TENETS as to who the leaker might be.
I just don't think she has the WILL to SOuNd out the name. On the other hand, some time in jail may lead her to find the appropriate place to Put the bLAME.
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