Bob Novak took questions on C-Span today. Some highlights (and I am straining my TiVo here):
- Novak "would hope" that President Bush would pardon Libby. Whether a pardon should be given before or after the trial seems to be a point of contention amongst the people with whom Novak has discussed this.
- "Nobody gave me the name": Neither Armitage, Rove, nor CIA Public Information Director Bill Harlow gave Ms, Plame's name to Bob Novak - Mr. Novak repeated his story that he looked it up in Who's Who. I would urge folks to study the videotape (it should be right about the 2:46 mark of the 3 hour broadcast) - I thought Novak's demeanor changed markedly during this statement. He cast his eyes down and gave a grin that, to these skeptical eyes, could be read as "Is anybody believing this story?"
That said, he spoke with an air of self-mockery - he said, roughly, "In all those conversations nobody gave me a name. So being an intrepid reporter I got a copy of Who's Who and there it was, Valerie Plame." Maybe the idea of the high-priced investigative wiz rel