Novak: 'No great crime' with leak (CNN, Oct 2003)

[Catchawave]

http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/09/29/novak.cia/

"Bob Novak called me before he went to print with the report and he said a CIA source had told him that my wife was an operative," Wilson said. "He was trying to get a second source. He couldn't get a second source. Could I confirm that? And I said no."

Wilson said he called Novak after the article appeared citing sources in the Bush administration.

"What was it, CIA or senior administration?" Wilson said he asked Novak. "He said to me, 'I misspoke the first time I spoke to you.' "

The Justice Department, at the CIA's request, is investigating whether anyone in the administration broke the law by leaking Plame's name. The White House has said it will cooperate with the investigation.

Such a leak could constitute a felony. According to the Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982, a federal employee with access to classified information who is convicted of making an unauthorized disclosure about a covert agent faces up to 10 years in prison and as much as $50,000 in fines.

[still_one]

1. why does CNN continue to employ novak?

[K8-EEE]

2. "Misspeak" Is A GOP Fave Term

They are allowed infinite amounds of misspeaking apparently. Bastards.

[stray cat]

3. Just a minor federal offence? Is that like a little murder?

[Tamarin]

4. Novak does not yet realize that he was used.

Someone downplayed Mrs. Wilson's role to get Novak to write the article to ruin Wilson's credibility.