His new autobio, The Prince of Darkness, is a great read that tells all about his leading role in the Valerie Plame affair. But we hear that Robert Novak needed a good editor just like the rest of us scribes to get it to press. more >>

It's not often that a political book hyped as a "tell-all" actually delivers the dirt, but that's certainly not the story in Robert Novak's fast-paced bio The Prince of Darkness, 50 Years Reporting in Washington . Let's get right to the point: Did the administration leak former CIA officer Valerie Plame's name to him to punish her hubby, Joe Wilson, who had blasted the president's claim that Iraq was shopping for uranium in Niger? Nope. more >>

Embedded blogger and Special Forces veteran Michael Yon blogs on the progress of the surge in Iraq. Bottom line: It's going pretty well. more >>

Remember our tease earlier this week that it looked as if famed CIA gal Valerie Plame was planning to take her story to Hollywood? Well, it's come true. But whether Morgan Fairchild, the dishy look-alike who recently lunched with Plame and her husband, Joe Wilson, will play her hasn't been decided. more >>

From our Buzz Etc. files: There's talk that outted cia operative Valerie Plame's story may hit the silver screen. more >>