Yes, exactly.
The American Cardinals were merely talking to the press to try to educate them as to what this is all about. There were no secrets. The conclave is secret, but the conclave has not yet begun.
The problem is that Sodano and most of the Italian Cardinals think they should be the guys running the Church, and they really resent outsiders taking over—as they did with JP II and Benedict XVI.
Fortunately, they are being stupid behaving like this, and I doubt very much that it will line up much support for their insider views.
The Italian cardinals forget that the Church is global now.