Nice thought, but I truly think Isikoff thought he'd hit the jackpot.
Remember.. it was a very "small" plant.. not even in the Conventional Wisdom section.. Someone had to be alerted to pick up that very "small" paragraph.. this could not be more intentional if "it" got up and SCREAMED!
What's the Jackpot? He couldn't end the Bush presidency with that! It had to be something way more important to take this trial off of the radarscreen.