Robert Novak

January 23, 2013 |

The Last Liberal: The Legacy of Joe Lieberman

In January 2004, the New Republic endorsed Joe Lieberman for president. By this time, recriminations against Democrats who had supported the Iraq War (or, in the parlance of the American...

June 11, 2012 | Michael Ledeen Faster, Please!

Leaks and Lies

I once had a long discussion about leaks with Richard Helms, a thoughtful gentleman who steadfastly refused to reveal state secrets even when threatened with imprisonment.  Helms was directo...

December 16, 2010 | Clifford D. May Scripps Howard News Service

Vanity Fair Game

Filmmakers get to take dramatic license. Reporters really shouldn’t. But when it comes to Joseph C. Wilson IV and Valerie Plame, the mainstream media, as much as Hollywood, insist on market...

March 14, 2007 |

Breach

Lewis Libby’s lawyers are quietly filing appeals while President Bush privately ponders arguments for and against a pardon. But now is not the time for this controversy to fade away. Now is...

February 26, 2007 | Andrew McCarthy Human Events

Libby Trial Reveals Media Hypocrisy

The newly eventful jury deliberations are grinding ahead in the trial of Lewis “Scooter” Libby. Simultaneously, the mainstream media is preparing its post-mortems. Libby, Vic...

February 17, 2007 |

Trial in Error

Could someone please explain to me why Scooter Libby is the only person on trial in the Valerie Plame leak investigation? Special Counsel Patrick J. Fitzgerald charged Vice President Che...

April 23, 2006 | |

Israel’s Fence, With all its Implications, is an Absolute Necessity

Having traveled to Israel recently and many times over the past 35 years or so, I take profound exception to the accusations leveled at Israel by my old friend and syndicated columnist Robert Nov...

November 20, 2005 |

Fitzgerald’s Day

The two-year criminal investigation into the “outing” of Valerie Plame Wilson as a CIA employee ended with a whimper rather than the bang so obsessively sought by the Bush administrat...

October 23, 2005 |

Phoney Baloney

Miller and Cooper talk the talk, while walking over source confidentiality.

July 31, 2005 |

Arianna Judges Judy

Could Judy Miller have been the White House’s source?

July 17, 2005 |

Did the CIA “Out” Valerie Plame?

What the mainstream media tells the court ... but won't tell you.

July 14, 2005 | Clifford D. May

Who Exposed Secret Agent Plame?

How about the least likely suspect?

July 11, 2004 | Clifford D. May

Our Man in Niger: Exposed and Discredited, Joe Wilson Might Consider Going Back

Joe Wilson's cover has been blown. For the past year, he has claimed to be a truth-teller, a whistleblower, the victim of a vast right-wing conspiracy — and most of the media have lapp...

September 28, 2003 | Clifford D. May

Spy Games

It's the top story in the Washington Post this morning as well as in many other media outlets. Who leaked the fact that the wife of Joseph C. Wilson IV worked for the CIA? What also...

March 11, 2003 | Clifford D. May

Jewish Guilt

What do Sen. Carl Levin, author Michael Lerner, activist Phyllis Bennis, opinion journalist Bruce Shapiro, and civil-rights advocate Michael Ratner have in common? All are among the veritable pha...

February 24, 2003 | Clifford D. May National Review Online

When is Terrorism Justified?

Our message … is clear," Attorney General Ashcroft said last Thursday. "We make no distinction between those who carry out terror attacks and those who finance and manage [them]."...