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Robert Novak dies at 78; syndicated columnist and TV commentator

Aug. 19, 2009
Nicknamed 'Prince of Darkness,' Novak disclosed the identity of CIA operative Valerie Plame. He said the scandal led to the end of his relationship with CNN, on which he co-hosted 'Crossfire.' Robert Novak, the longtime syndicated columnist and television commentator who was at the center of a...
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Plame case interview transcripts sought

Plame case interview transcripts sought

WASHINGTON, June 4 (UPI) -- The U.S. Justice Department readied a response Wednesday to renewed calls from House investigators seeking information on the Valerie Plame CIA leak case.

Valerie Plame sues CIA over book

NEW YORK, May 31 (UPI) -- Valerie Plame, who was outed as a CIA agent by Washington columnist Robert Novak, has sued the CIA, claiming it is trying to scuttle her memoir.

Senator says Plame's stories inconsistent

WASHINGTON, May 30 (UPI) -- The top Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee said he wants to re-interview former CIA officer Valerie Plame.

Valerie Plame sells memoir

NEW YORK, May 5 (UPI) -- Former CIA agent Valerie Plame has reportedly sold a memoir with the working title "Fair Game" to a U.S. publisher for $2.5 million.

Report: Exposed operative to leave CIA

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- The CIA operative exposed in a newspaper column is leaving the intelligence agency to spend more time with her family, the Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday. Friends said 20-year CIA veteran Valerie Plame will work her last day Friday and officially leav

Memo discussed Wilson-Plame in June 2003

WASHINGTON, July 31 (UPI) -- White House staffers may have known Joseph Wilson was married to a CIA operative weeks before Wilson publicly criticized Iraq war policy.

White House rapped for Plame leak

WASHINGTON, July 22 (UPI) -- A former CIA official says it is "wrong and shameful" for the White House to protect aides involved in revealing a CIA operative's name.

Plame's name listed in classified memo

WASHINGTON, July 21 (UPI) -- The identity of a CIA operative, whose name was leaked to news media, was included in a classified U.S. State Department memo before the leak was made.

Report: Rove was Cooper's 'secret source'

WASHINGTON, July 10 (UPI) -- Deputy White House Chief of Staff Karl Rove was Time magazine correspondent Matt Cooper's "secret source," Newsweek reported.

White House stays mum on spy leak

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- The White House declined to say Tuesday if President Bush will ask staff to release reporters from confidentiality agreements in the WMD spy case.
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler