Novak was the first

Ha! The big, pussy-ass coward rolled over right off. Gave up his pals without a thought. So much for having principles of any kind.

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A critical early success for Fitzgerald was winning the cooperation of Robert D. Novak, the Chicago Sun-Times columnist who named Plame in a July 2003 story and attributed key information to "two senior administration officials." Legal sources said Novak avoided a fight and quietly helped the special counsel's inquiry, although neither the columnist nor his attorney have said so publicly. [my em]

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No wonder he wouldn't say anything. The Repubs would have shut off his access. Creep.

Great thanks: Gillard