Novak: 'Why, Yes I Am A Douchebag of Liberty'

With Plamegate apparently going to end with a whimper instead of a bang, Robert Novak (the columnist who first outed Valerie Plame) finally decides to tell all, errr, some.

AP: Novak: Rove was a source in outing Plame

Now that Karl Rove won't be indicted, now that the president won't fire him, now that it really doesn't matter anymore, more details of the Valerie Plame leak investigation trickle out.

In his latest syndicated column released Wednesday, columnist Robert Novak revealed his side of the story in the Plame affair, saying Rove was a confirming source for Novak's story outing the CIA officer, underscoring Rove's role in a leak President Bush once promised to punish.

The columnist said he learned of Plame's CIA employment from a source he still refuses to publicly identify, and then confirmed with Rove and then-CIA spokesman Bill Harlow, whose roles in talking to Novak have been previously reported...

An appreciatedly snarky beginning to this story.

And, yes, Karl Rove still works for the White House. Why he even just got a raise!

More on Novak's revelations (or lack thereof) from Think Progress and Crooks and Liars.

Eric Alterman and CNN's Jack Cafferty also throw in their two cents on this story.

But the saga continues!

AP: Former CIA officer sues Cheney over leak

The CIA officer whose identity was leaked to reporters sued Vice President Dick Cheney, his former top aide and presidential adviser Karl Rove on Thursday, accusing them and other White House officials of conspiring to destroy her career.

In a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court, Valerie Plame and her husband, Joseph Wilson, a former U.S. ambassador, accused Cheney, Rove and I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby of revealing Plame's CIA identity in seeking revenge against Wilson for criticizing the Bush administration's motives in Iraq...

...The lawsuit accuses Cheney, Libby, Rove and 10 unnamed administration officials or political operatives of putting the Wilsons and their children's lives at risk by exposing Plame...

They have also set up a website with information on their lawsuit.