[writmeister]

Has Novak said that it was Rove? I don't see anything in the posted article saying that Rove leaked the information.

Can you maybe source how you know that Rove was the leaker?

I am personally disinclined to believe anything Novak says because of his long association with CNN.

[dogbyte12]

Wilson said he suspects it was Rove, based on info from other journalists other than Novak who were peddled the story.

[AntiGuv]

It was Joseph Wilson himself who implicated Rove at some panel in Washington:

"First, the CIA would perform an internal investigation. The results of that would be passed on to the Justice Department for professional investigation. I don't think this will be dropped. "At the end of the day, it's of keen interest to me to see whether or not we can get Karl Rove frog-marched out of the White House in handcuffs. And trust me, when I use that name, I measure my words."

Now, I understand that he later backtracked somewhat to imply it may've been someone other than Rove, though I'm unclear as to whom. But, that's where the Rove connection arises.

[AntiGuv]

I should add that I haven't been following this closely since the Novak story - aside from the certainty I had at the time that the CIA would by no chance let this issue slip away. It's too crucial to their very existence. Anyhow, since I haven't been following this I'm just culling info now from the 'Net where it's being discussed, but those are mostly leftist sources. Therefore, they may not be altogether reliable (no source is, but particularly not biased sources such as these..)