Novak: I’d print Valerie Plame Wilson’s name again

Michael Rolston, Raw Story

Years Reporting in Washington, the conservative political pundit will seek to settle some scores with colleagues in the nation’s capitol. But he won’t be expressing any regrets for printing the name of and ‘outing’ covert CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson, according to a Tuesday report in ‘Washington Whispers,’ a blog published by US News and World Report.

“Novak was investigated in the CIA spy case, slammed by fellow journalists for ‘outing’ an agent, the subject of what he calls false stories, kicked off his regular CNN gig, and barred from Meet the Press for two years-and out $160,000 in legal fees,” Paul Bedard, who acquired a copy of the forthcoming book, writes. “Still, he writes, ‘Judging it on the merits, I would still write the story.'”

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