Columnist Robert Novak, whose July 2003 column prompted the Plame investigation, spoke out about it at a forum sponsored by the Chicago Sun-Times:

    Novak also claimed that investigators know who leaked the information, although he did not say how they know.

    "The question is, does Fitzgerald know who the source was?" Novak asked. "Of course. He's known for years who the first source is. If he knows the source, why didn't he indict him? Because no crime was committed."