Why are you so sure it's a fact? We know about Novak and what he wrote. He denies the White House called. Who are the other five reporters? At this point your lead fact is meerly an accusation. I'm not sure who made it, but it certainly can not be stipulated as a fact. Everything else follows from this, so if it is shown to be just a baseless accusation then all the other facts in your post become meaningless and the scandel is over.
Ummm..no. I didn't say that, rather John LeBoutillier said that.. However, since you ask me directly, one of the other contacted reporters is Andrea Mitchell (Alan Greenspan's wife) who said so herself. Two others are near certainly Knut Royce and Timothy Phelps of Newsday, because their cited along with Bob Novak in the White House memo on this from Alberto Gonzales.
The statement itself quotes the administration source from the Washington Post's sunday front page report, but I agree that it's only an allegation at this juncture.
The preponderance of the evidence at this point strongly suggests that someone/s from the White House did indeed contact a number of reporters with Valerie Plame's identity. That's what all the Beltline journalists are transparently indicating on all the broadcasts I've seen. Also, since the FBI has opened a formal investigation, then it's rather certain that their inquiry has produced evidence of a crime.