Robert Novak Dead at 78

Robert Novak

Another icon of journalism has past away. Robert Novak founder of Crossfire is dead of brain cancer at 78. It is imperative for me as a still living member of a direct Chemical Assault – Scorched Earth that Novak’s contributions or omissions from his craft be considered. Rest in Peace Robert Novak.

One of the most controversial chapters in Novak's career was triggered by a 2003 Chicago Sun-Times column he did disclosing the identity of undercover CIA agent Valerie Plame. At the time, outing Plame was seen as an attempt to discredit her husband, former ambassador Joseph Wilson, who'd written an opinion piece disputing the Bush White House's claim that Iraq had bought "uranium yellowcake" from Niger.

The leaking of Plame's name led to an investigation headed by Patrick Fitzgerald, the U.S. attorney in Chicago. It resulted in the conviction of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, former Vice President Cheney's former chief of staff, on charges of lying to a federal grand jury.

http://www.suntimes.com/news/sweet/1721877,sun-times-columnist-robert-novak-dead-081809.article

 

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