Media Matters for America
Novak again asserted that Armitage’s role in leak case exonerates Rove
Summary: In a column discussing Karl Rove’s resignation, Robert D. Novak asserted that “[a]lthough [special counsel Patrick] Fitzgerald knew from the start that not Rove but the politically nondescript Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage was my primary source in identifying Valerie Plame as a CIA employee, the prosecutor came close to indicting Rove for perjury or obstruction of justice.” However, Rove confirmed the information Armitage divulged, as Novak himself has admitted.
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