 Columnist Robert Novak, who later admitted that the CIA attempted to dissuade him from revealing Plame's name in print, "appears to have made some kind of arrangement with the special prosecutor" according to "Newsweek," and he was not charged with contempt of court.Robert Novak died in 2009.On 2 July 2005, Karl Rove's lawyer, Robert Luskin, said that his client spoke to "Time" reporter Matt Cooper "three or four days" before Plame's identity was first revealed in print by commentator Robert Novak.