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donsu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 01:32 PM
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5 theories why Novak is not in prison
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http://www.latimes.com/news/custom/showcase/la-op-novak12dec12.story


Last week, lawyers for Judith Miller and Matthew Cooper were in federal court fighting the reporters' jail sentences for refusing to disclose who leaked them the name of a CIA operative.

So where was Robert D. Novak, the syndicated columnist, CNN talk-show host and uber-insider who started this mess back in July 2003? Citing sources in the administration, Novak had written that Valerie Plame, wife of a former U.S. diplomat critical of President Bush's Iraq policy, was a CIA spy. Turns out it's illegal for government officials to name spooks. Senators quickly called for an independent investigation, and the hunt for the leaker was on.

Miller, of the New York Times, and Cooper, of Time magazine, were hauled into court. They refused to testify and now face up to 18 months in jail for contempt. In Washington, there's only one question more pressing than who leaked Plame's name: Why isn't Bob Novak going to jail?

-snip- here starts the list of theories, the first theory is Novak was never subpoenaed and the fifth is that Novak is a target.
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