Novak Admits Smear Column Is Even Weaker Than It First Appear

"Novak disclosed that his source for the story was not anyone close to Clinton but rather, someone who was "told by an agent of the Clinton campaign" about the alleged dirt. Got that? So Novak was not privy to the dirt itself, nor did he talk to Clinton's people. Rather, he heard it from someone who had heard it from someone else. Another secondary source, Novak went on to say, claimed to have heard the same thing. Fact-checking = completed."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/11/19/novak-admits-smear-column_n_73274.html