[stylin19a]

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.

Why qualify it by saying "on the record"? That tells me they talked off the record.

[theymakemesick]

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."

Is Novak saying he never talked about any subject "on the record" with Rove or "on the record" he never talked to Rove, about any subject?

[ntnychik]

Ping

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

NOVAK: ... I would say that it's... very interesting that all these leaks on the grand jury... 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.

- Hint, hint?

[nightowl]

Novak's comments about not speaking to Rove on any subject on the record means he never used him as a source. Off the record with a source means you don't talk about OR write about what you talked about.

I am completely confused, because I thought Rove was his "confirming" source on his July 14, 2003 column. Novak wrote that he confirmed the Plame story with a second Senior administration official. He wrote that he told this source about what he had heard about Plame, Wilson and Niger and the source said "I heard that too!" That really doesn't sound like a confirmation of a story to me. It sounds like gossip.

This is a very interesting case and I hope we find some answers soon. I think the administration will be completely cleared. Will their be any apologies from the press and Democrats (which are the same thing) for their slander and libel of the Rove, the Prez and his administration.

Don't hold your breath, but WE won't let them forget. They can join Rather in his playroom.

[nuffsenuff]

All roads lead to Wilson or Plame being the ones who leaked her identity in order to create this phoney scandal.

[AmishDude]

Why is there zero interest in the only person who has gone to jail for this? Judith Miller.

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?