Reply #72: How could Rove be a confirming source for Novak..

[Princess Turandot]

as per the article, but claim to have heard this from Novak??

"On Oct. 1, 2003, Mr. Novak wrote another column in which he described calling two officials who were his sources for the earlier column. The first source, whose identity has not been revealed, provided the outlines of the story and was described by Mr. Novak as "no partisan gunslinger." Mr. Novak wrote that when he called a second official for confirmation, the source said, "Oh, you know about it."

"Oh, you know abt it" morphs to "I heard that too" in this article.
I didn't realize that Novak had written a follow-up column on this.
It's nice to know that as a 'reporter' you can publish an article to let your collaborator know what you are planning to say, so he can adjust his story. Saves on super-duper secret cell phone usage.