“For nearly the entire time of his investigation, Fitzgerald knew — independent of me — the identity of the sources I used in my column of July 14, 2003…I have promised to discuss my role in the investigation when permitted by the prosecution, and I do so now.” In a column published today, DoL Robert Novak finally comes clean — sort of — about his sources in Plamegate. In the piece, Novak names Karl Rove (big surprise) and CIA spokesman Bill Harlow as his two confirmers of Plame’s identity, but still refuses to out the “senior Bush administration official” who served as his initial source (although he does say that Special Prosecutor Fitzgerald is well aware of that person’s identity.)