Why hasn't Novak been charged?

[SemperEadem]

Why is he skating away from all of this and no one is on his tail about it?

I see everyone else he's been in contact with being pelted with accusations and grand jury indictments, but no one is looking at him or even in his direction. Why is that?

[Name removed]

1. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[politicaholic]

2. He pleaded the fifth other wise known as "The GOP holding pattern"...

They'll keep it in litigation until he's deemed too old to serve time, then he'll do community service and call himself "humanitarian".

Jerk.

[JDPriestly]

7. You are never too old to do time.

[Marnieworld]

3. Because he hasn't committed a crime

There is no law against (that I'm aware of) publishing classified info/ covert operative name. A journalist is not under the same legal restrictions that a government employee with top secret classified clearance releasing the info has. If he was honest to the Grand Jury he's completely not indictable.

[earthside]

6. You're right.

It isn't against the law for a journalist to publish the name of a "secret" agent, especially if he or she was given the name by a government offcial with the kind of authority like Rove or Libby.

Also, you can bet the farm that Novak will not be charged with perjury ... he squealed like a stuck pig and told everything he knew.

[SemperEadem]

8. then why are Miller and Cooper in hot water, if they did the same

as Novak?

Is it because they haven't 'given up' people like Novak? And we don't really know that Novak gave up anything, being the Grand Jury is secret...

[Bluesplayer]

4. 2 possibilities

1. He was a target, and took the 5th. We'll have to wait until his trial to find out what he said.

2. He was not a target, and talked as fast as Bush with an eight-ball of marching powder. His answers could have been what led Fitzgerald's investigation to question the people that it did.

[caligirl]

5. lets hope new news developes before the press gets bored. eom

[FogerRox]

9. You can assume that Novak cooperated

Miller went to jail because she didnt heelp out

Cooper ended up talking so he stayed out of jail-- just like Novak did----
OK?

[MrSlayer]

10. Because he spilled the beans.

From all I've heard and read he sang like a canary.