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Sat 08 Aug 2009Conservative US columnist revealed identity of CIA officer
Robert Novak:ROBERT NOVAK, the US newspaper columnist, who has died aged 78, made his name less for his truculent rightwing pontification than for his assiduous devotion to the founding principle of journalism – gathering information and publishing it one step ahead of everyone else.
During a 30-year collaboration with fellow journalist Rowland Evans, and later as a solo performer, Novak built an unrivalled list of contacts at all levels of the Washington establishment.
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