Novakula Spews His Bile

Novak: Rove was one source in outing Plame
Columnist admits assisting CIA probe, but refuses to ID 'primary source'
The Associated Press
Updated: 8:01 a.m. ET July 12, 2006

WASHINGTON - Now that Karl Rove won’t be indicted, now that the president won’t fire him, now that it really doesn’t matter anymore, more details of the Valerie Plame leak investigation trickle out.

In his latest syndicated column released Wednesday, columnist Robert Novak revealed his side of the story in the Plame affair, saying Rove was a confirming source for Novak’s story outing the CIA officer, underscoring Rove’s role in a leak President Bush once promised to punish.

The columnist said he learned of Plame’s CIA employment from a source he still refuses to publicly identify, and then confirmed with Rove and then-CIA spokesman Bill Harlow, whose roles in talking to Novak have been previously reported.

Link to Novakula's bile duct from the Chicago-Sun Times, July 12,2006.