Reply #29: Rove knew Plame was CIA by July 8/9 when he spoke to Novak. He didn't learn anything from fax.

[Garbo 2004]

He already knew that Wilson's wife worked at the CIA and that Novak was going to publish. Rove didn't need Hohlt to tell him about a column he'd been a source for days before. (Rove and Novak were old buddies and Rove a long time source for Novak: Rove had been fired from Poppy's 1992 Presidential campaign for leaking inside info to Novak.)

Rove told FBI in October 2003 that he had "confirmed" to Novak that he'd also heard that Plame was CIA. FBI and DOJ doubted that's all there was to the conversation, but had no proof to contrary since Novak backed up Rove.