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Sources of Confusion; The Plame drama thickens, as Washington once again tries to guess who Bob Woodward's been talking to.(leaking of covert intelligence agent Valerie Plame's identity)
Publication: Newsweek Publication Date: 28-NOV-05 Author: Thomas, Evan ; Isikoff, Michael |
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Byline: Evan Thomas and Michael Isikoff
Who was Bob Novak's source? It's a parlor game any Washington insider or media junkie can play--and most do. Novak, a conservative columnist sometimes called "the Prince of Darkness," was the journalist who kicked off the whole Valerie Plame imbroglio that has obsessed Washington and so far resulted in the indictment of Vice President Dick Cheney's former top aide, Scooter Libby, for perjury. It was Novak who identified Plame as the CIA operative who helped send her husband, former ambassador Joseph Wilson, to Africa to check on reports that Iraq...
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