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Novak has written that the Plame business caused him great agony as he was faced (at least for a while) with the dilemma of surfacing an informant or keeping silent. He had never in his long career given up an informant.

Novak said that Fitzgerald asked him not to reveal his sources until after the investigation was concluded, which took nearly 2 1/2 years. And after he was free to reveal his source, and knowing his history of not giving up informants (he would cite the 1st Amendment), it was no surprise he would continue to keep it secret.

If there are villains to be scorned and ridiculed, it is Valerie Plame, Joe Wilson, Patrick Fitzgerald, Colin Powell, and Richard Armitage. They are the true slime.

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Deserves repeating:

If there are villains to be scorned and ridiculed, it is Valerie Plame, Joe Wilson, Patrick Fitzgerald, Colin Powell, and Richard Armitage. They are the true slime.