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Novak: Real story behind Armitage’s role

hen Richard Armitage finally acknowledged last week he was my source three years ago in revealing Valerie Plame Wilson as a CIA employee, the former deputy secretary of state’s interviews obscured what he really did. I want to set the record straight based on firsthand knowledge.

First, Armitage did not, as he now indicates, merely pass on something he had heard and that he ‘‘thought’’ might be so. Rather, he identified to me the CIA division where Mrs. Wilson worked, and said flatly that she recommended the mission to Niger by her husband, former Amb. Joseph Wilson.

Second, Armitage did not slip me this information as idle chitchat, as he now suggests. He made clear he considered it especially suited for my column.

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I’m old fashioned. To me, this absolutely destroys Armitage’s reputation.

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Hewlett-Packard Spied on Writers in Leaks – New York Times

The California attorney general’s investigation into the purloining of private phone records by agents of Hewlett-Packard has revealed that the monitoring effort began earlier than previously indicated and included journalists as targets.

I won’t buy any HP products until the people who funded this appalling violation of privacy resign, or, better, or fired. Let’s start with Carla Dunn.

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