“According to the Washington Post, columnist Bob Novak was told by the CIA’s spokesperson that Karl Rove’s story was wrong. Wilson was not sent by his wife to Niger and she was still a covert agent whose name should not be disclosed. [Washington Post, 7/27/05] Nevertheless, Novak still disclosed the agent’s name and went with Rove’s story.
“How far will the Bush smear machine go?” said Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean. “Novak knew all this and still published his story.”
“Who in the Bush Administration was powerful enough to convince Novak to disregard the CIA? Who else did Novak speak to about Wilson’s wife? It is becoming clearer every day that more and more White House officials are involved in this scandal, having put partisan politics above our country’s national security.”
– from the DNC via Buzzflash via Howie Martin
The question should be: What won’t they do?
STEVEN D — DId you see that Juan Cole commented this morning on your DailyKos/BoomanTribune.com diary on Iran?
ReallY?
I’ll go check.
Thanks for the heads up.
LINK to Juan Cole’s comments on Steven D’s diary
must have done a real snow job on Novak. I know Novak is a right wing lunatic but he didn’t agree with the war in Iraq which is why I thought it strange that he published the story to begin with. The fact that the CIA told Novak that the his source was wrong and to not publish Plame’s name just gives added weight that he must have spoken to some real higher ups in the White House to convince him to go with the story anyway.