Does anybody know if Noonan has ever mentioned Elliott in any of the books she's written? Or is she just trying to take down Robinson because he's getting credit for the "tear down this wall line", so he's threatening to crowd her out of the limelight? Because Noonan is a big self-promoter, I think you have to consider self-promotion -- and not some noble concern for Ben Elliott -- as the possible real motive behind the digs in this article.
In "What I Saw At the Revolution" she mentions Ben Elliott quite a lot!