Viveca Novak is an

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who has worked as the editorial and communications director at

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since 2011. She was previously a Washington correspondent for ''

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'' and ''

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''. She is a frequent guest on CNN, NBC, PBS, and Fox. ''Time'' announced in its issue of December 5, 2005, that Novak was cooperating with Special Counsel

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's investigation of the

Valerie Plame Valerie Elise Plame (born August 13, 1963) is an American writer, spy, novelist, and former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer. As the subject of the 2003 Plame affair, also known as the CIA leak scandal, Plame's identity as a CIA offic ...

leak. She is not related to

Robert Novak Robert David Sanders Novak (February 26, 1931 – August 18, 2009) was an American syndicated columnist, journalist, television personality, author, and conservative political commentator. After working for two newspapers before serving in the ...

, another journalist involved in the incident.

Role in the Valerie Plame Scandal

On December 2, 2005, ''

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'' reported that

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's lawyer,

Robert Luskin Robert D. Luskin (born January 21, 1950) is an attorney and partner in the Washington office of the international law firm of Paul Hastings, LLP specializing in White-collar crime and federal and state government investigations. Practice Ro ...

, learned from Novak that one of her colleagues at ''

'', Matthew Cooper, had interviewed Rove about Plame. Her conversation with Luskin may have set in motion events that caused Rove to change his earlier

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testimony. Special prosecutor

did not seek

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charges against Rove, possibly because it was unclear whether or not Rove intended to testify falsely the first time. Rove attributed his changed testimony to faulty memory. Novak wrote her own account of the experience in'' Time''.

Education and awards

Education

*B.A. in Foreign Affairs from

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*M.S. from

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*M.S.L from

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Awards

Sigma Delta Chi Award The Sigma Delta Chi Awards are presented annually by the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) (formerly Sigma Delta Chi) for excellence in journalism. The SPJ states the purpose of the award is to promote "the free flow of information vital ...

, public service in online journalism *Harvard University's Goldsmith Prize for investigative reporting *Clarion Award for investigative reporting *Investigative Reporters and Editors Award

Bibliography

*''Inside the Wire: A Military Intelligence Soldier's Eyewitness Account of Life at Guantanamo'', co-authored with Erik Saar, 2005 ()

References

External links

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Biography from
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