It seems that Mr. Robert Novak has had a strange twist of fate. He has announced today that he has been diagnosed with a brain tumor. Now, I would not wish this upon anyone, not even Mr. Novak but, it does show that if you believe in God, he must be bi-partisan. first Ted Robert Kennedy now Novak (Thanks Fernando). Now here is a bit of history on Novak that a friend asked me to explain.
Who is Robert Novak and how is he connected to the outing of a CIA agent:
Novak was the first journalist to "out" Valerie Plame in the pages of the Washington Post. Now, Im sure the next question is who is Valerie Plame and what did he "out" her from. Valerie Plame was an undercover CIA operative and the wife of Ambassador Joseph Wilson. Her main function was to stop the proliferation of nuclear weapons. This outing ended her career.
The next question is why. Why was Plame outed and by who. Now of course like all things political, this is very long and complicated story. Here is a quick summary.
Ambassador Wilson was asked by the CIA to verify if Niger was selling uranium yellowcake to Iraq. Which Wilson did. It turns out that there was no deal between Niger and Iraq, but President George W. Bush used the connection in his 2003 State of the Union Address.
Subsequently members of the administration gave out the name of Wilson's wife to members of the media. Of all the individuals who were told of Plame's identity, Novak was the first to report it. Novak's report came out a week after Wilson wrote his Op/Ed in the New York Times stating the administration "exaggerated" the Iraq / Niger connection.
So, this is just a quick dirty summary of the Novak, Plame, Wilson, Bush, Iraq connection.
Until next time... or never again!!!
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