Did Robert Novak willfully disregard warnings that his column would endanger Valerie Plame?
Plame Gate Murray Waas in The American Prospect reports that Robert Novak was asked specifically not to name Valerie Plame but did so in the face of that request (admonition?). Two government officials have told the FBI that conservative columnist Robert Novak was asked specifically not to publish the name of undercover CIA operative Valerie Plame in his now-famous July 14 newspaper column. The two officials told investigators they warned Novak that by naming Plame he might potentially jeopardize her ability to engage in covert work, stymie ongoing intelligence operations, and jeopardize sensitive overseas sources. For an investigation of this magnitude and duration you have to wonder why there has been so little about it in the press. Here’s why . . . Over the past several months, the FBI has interviewed more than 30 Bush administration officials and has reviewed phone logs, personal calendars, and e-mail records, according to government sources. But Attorney General John Ashcroft tig
