WASHINGTON - Columnist Bob Novak, who first published the identity of covert
CIA officer Valerie Plame, says he is confident that
President Bush knows who leaked Plame's name.
Novak said that "I'd be amazed" if the president didn't know the source's identity and that the public should "bug the president as to whether he should reveal who the source is."
Novak's remarks, reported in the Raleigh, N.C., News & Observer, came during a question and answer session Tuesday after a speech sponsored by the John Locke Foundation, a conservative think tank.
Democratic Sen. Charles Schumer (news, bio, voting record) urged Bush to identify Novak's source or to say that he does not know who it is.
The identity of Novak's sources has been one of the secrets in the CIA leak investigation.
Bush's top political adviser, Karl Rove, is one of Novak's sources, according to people close to the investigation, but his other source is not publicly known.
Novak apparently is cooperating with the criminal investigation of Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald, though the journalist has never said so.
Schumer, D-N.Y., urged Bush to share the identity of Novak's sources if the president knows.
"You are in a position to clear this matter up quickly," Schumer said in a letter to the president on Wednesday.
"Unlike Mr. Novak, who can claim an interest in maintaining the confidentiality of his sources, there is no similar privilege arguably preventing you from sharing this information," Schumer wrote.
"You have repeatedly suggested that you would like to get to the bottom of this affair," Schumer reminded Bush. "At one point, in 2004, you suggested that anyone who was involved in leaking the name of the covert CIA operative would be fired."
KCConservative said:Your link says this: "Novak said that "I'd be amazed" if the president didn't know the source's identity..."
Your thread title is a lie.
KCConservative said:Your link says this: "Novak said that "I'd be amazed" if the president didn't know the source's identity..."
Your thread title is a lie.
Deegan said:I also heard he said this in jest, and as a parting shot, but who knows? He is, and has been cooperating with the investigation, all will be known soon enough.
Title is not a lie, as he was obviously taking from the title on the Yahoo news site.KCConservative said:Your link says this: "Novak said that "I'd be amazed" if the president didn't know the source's identity..."
Your thread title is a lie.
jfuh said:Question: Don't you want to know indeed if the president commited such an unpatriotic act such as treason?
scottyz said:http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/cia_leak_investigation
Going to have to agree with Mr. Schumer on this. If Bush knows who leaked the information and he is really serious about getting to the bottom of this then he should provide the information. I'm sure it wont happen because if he was serious about it then Rove would have already been canned.
scottyz said:http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/cia_leak_investigation
Going to have to agree with Mr. Schumer on this. If Bush knows who leaked the information and he is really serious about getting to the bottom of this then he should provide the information. I'm sure it wont happen because if he was serious about it then Rove would have already been canned.
Caine said:Honestly... I doubt he knows it.
and...
If he did... he probably wouldn't tell us now..... wouldn't that make him look... i dunno.. bad, to let it go this far? (no sarcasm intended)
Anyhow, whoever said it was right... the story has run its course.
Even if He knew it... I could give a **** less..... I far more important reasons for disliking Bush... this is not one of them.
Welcome to the Political Rumor ForumTimmyBoy said:Bush was likely in cahoots with who-ever leaked Plame's name. He just had somebody else leak the name for him to keep his hands clean of any wrong doing.
KCConservative said:Your link says this: "Novak said that "I'd be amazed" if the president didn't know the source's identity..."
Your thread title is a lie.
aps said:By the way, KC, there is an article in today's Washington Post that quotes Novak saying (right before he says he would be "amazed"), "I'm confident the president knows who the source is." Thus, he unquestionably stated that the president knew.
Pacridge said:Actually doesn't that simply state he believes the POTUS knew?
Pacridge said:Actually doesn't that simply state he believes the POThead knew?
Caine said:Yeah.....
In this day and age, Im not going to believe some guy for the sake of believing him.
I don't like "the Bush"..... but im not going to believe EVERYTHING I hear.
Exactly. Therefore, the title should read: Novak believes the President knew Who Outed FlamePacridge said:Actually doesn't that simply state he believes the POTUS knew?
KCConservative said:Exactly. Therefore, the title should read: Novak believes the President knew Who Outed Flame
How do you figure? One means that Nokak can verify that the president knows, that he knows he knows. The other means that Novak has a hunch the president knows, he doesn't know for sure, but he's pretty confident. These are not the same.aps said:OMG, what is the difference? They both mean the same thing to me in this context.
KCConservative said:How do you figure? One means that Nokak can verify that the president knows, that he knows he knows. The other means that Novak has a hunch the president knows, he doesn't know for sure, but he's pretty confident. These are not the same.
I think you're missing the more important issue at hand. Who cares is Novak knows anything. Why doesn't Bush come out and just call him a Liar?KCConservative said:How do you figure? One means that Nokak can verify that the president knows, that he knows he knows. The other means that Novak has a hunch the president knows, he doesn't know for sure, but he's pretty confident. These are not the same.
Why hasn't Bush denied that he knows?KCConservative said:How do you figure? One means that Nokak can verify that the president knows, that he knows he knows. The other means that Novak has a hunch the president knows, he doesn't know for sure, but he's pretty confident. These are not the same.
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