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Robert Novak wrote:

Robert Novak wrote:

*Armitage ... says he was mute because of special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald's request

*Armitage ... says he was mute because of special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald's request

*Zealous foes of [[George W. Bush]] ... cannot fit Armitage into the left-wing fantasy of a well-crafted White House conspiracy to destroy Joe and Valerie Wilson. The news that he, and not [[Karl Rove]], was the leaker was devastating for the left. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/13/AR2006091301572.html]

*Zealous foes of [[George W. Bush]] ... cannot fit Armitage into the left-wing fantasy of a well-crafted White House conspiracy to destroy Joe and Valerie Wilson. The news that he, and not [[Karl Rove]], was the leaker was devastating for the left.<ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/13/AR2006091301572.html</ref>

==Rebuttal of accusations==

==Rebuttal of accusations==

According to Robert Novak, Plame was not covered by the [[Intelligence Identities Protection Act]].<ref>[http://www.townhall.com/Columnists/RobertDNovak/2008/06/02/mcclellan_on_plame]</ref>

According to Robert Novak, Plame was not covered by the [[Intelligence Identities Protection Act]].<ref>"Novak wondered why Waxman, others didn't ask about baseless Plame assertions." March 23, 2007, Media Matters for America. http://mediamatters.org/research/200703230014</ref>

==See also==

==See also==