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10 Accidental Celebrities

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:46:45 CST

Some people set out to be famous; other people are made famous accidentally—and then they either run with it (see Levi Johnston) or don’t (see the guy that Dick Cheney shot). Newsweek runs down the top 10 accidental celebrities: Harry Whittington: He probably made Dick Cheney angry, and then...

Cheney: Wilson Mission Was CIA 'Amateur Hour'

Polly Davis Doig — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:00:00 CDT

Dick Cheney's memory may have been a little iffy about the Valerie Plame leak, but Politico reports that the former veep left no room for doubt about his opinion of her husband's trip to Niger to investigate an Iraqi purchase of plutonium. "It was amateur hour out at the CIA,...

Cheney on Plame Leak: I Can't Recall

Nick McMaster — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:02:07 CDT

After years of effort by the Bush and Obama administrations to keep documents related to the CIA leak case secret, redacted portions of the special prosecutor’s 2004 interview with Dick Cheney released today show plenty of nothing. The then-VP apparently suffered acute memory loss: Cheney told Patrick Fitzgerald he couldn't...

Judge: Cheney Interview in Plame Case Can't Be Sealed

Kevin Spak — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:50:01 CDT

A federal judge has ordered the FBI to release most of the interview it conducted with Dick Cheney over the Valerie Plame case, in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit. Both the Bush and Obama administrations have tried to keep the record of the 2004 sit-down sealed, arguing...

Where's the Lefty Outrage Over Outing CIA Ops Now?

Nick McMaster — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:08:02 CDT

During the Valerie Plame scandal, the left acted as if there was no greater sin than disclosing the name of a CIA operative. But there is no such outrage at current initiatives that could potentially disclose the names of several agency officers, writes Bret Stephens in the Wall Street Journal...

Novak: Last of the Shoe-Leather Columnists

Jason Farago — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 05:29:29 CDT

Most Americans will remember Robert Novak as the acerbic right-winger on CNN, but he saw himself first and foremost as "a shoe-leather reporter," writes Washington Post media critic Howard Kurtz. Novak prided himself on getting scoops and uncovering secrets via a wide network of Republican officials. But that insiderism proved...

To Friends, Hardliner Novak Was a 'Pussycat'

Matt Cantor — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:11:01 CDT

Bob Novak called himself a “rough and tumble” journalist, “but to his friends and colleagues, he could be a pussycat,” writes Eleanor Clift in Newsweek . Despite their widely divergent views, Novak—who died today at 78—helped Clift get a spot on the then-all-male McLaughlin Group . When the cameras went...

Robert Novak Dead at 78

Kevin Spak — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:39:28 CDT

Conservative Chicago Sun-Times columnist Robert Novak died this morning at 78, after a year-long battle with brain cancer, the Sun-Times reports. Known, to his delight, as the “Prince of Darkness,” Novak’s “Inside Report” column has been syndicated since 1963. He was at the center of the Valerie Plame scandal, identifying...

Cheney's Libby 'Crusade' Strained Ties With Bush

John Johnson — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:29:02 CDT

Dick Cheney pursued a pardon for former aide Scooter Libby so doggedly in his final days in office that he pushed the bounds of his 9-year relationship with George Bush, reports Time . It wasn't so much a political issue as a moral "crusade" for Cheney, write Massimo Calabresi and Michael...