here.

This is what Novak considers the important points of his article, from an e-mail (newsletter, not personal) sent to me:

CIA Leak Case

My column this week revealed my role in the federal investigation by Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald of the Valerie Plame case and carried with it some conclusions for the entire affair.

1. I wrote the column after Fitzgerald's statement to my attorneys that, after two and a half years, he had concluded investigations of matters concerning me in the case. That suggests that his remaining concern is his prosecution of former vice presidential Chief-of-Staff Scooter Libby, in which I am not involved.

2. Apart from revealing that I testified to the grand jury, the column's major revelation was that Fitzgerald has known almost from the start of the investigation—independent of me—the identity of my sources. That also indicates that it was determined there was no violation of the Intelligence Identities Protection Act.

3. I still feel constrained from identifying my primary source, until such time as he identifies himself. The fact that Fitzgerald has seen no need to reveal that source indicates that he does not consider any law was broken and that there is no need to bring his name into the law enforcement process.

4. A conclusion can be reached that my sources did not commit a crime in revealing Plame's role in instituting the mission to Niger of her husband, former Ambassador Joseph Wilson. That is a letdown for the enemies of President Bush who have tried to magnify this story.

From his original article:

Following my interview with the primary source, I sought out the second administration official and the CIA spokesman for confirmation. I learned Valerie Plame's name from Joe Wilson's entry in "Who's Who in America."

For a reporter to look at all this information and believe that the most important news here was that Rove confirmed the information on Wilson's wife (not even the name), "news" which everyone has already known for months, is, frankly, nuts.