Plame and her husband and others in the CIA ran a rogue operation to discredit a president. And? They had the help of journalists in the effort, including (it appears) journalists at the New York Times.
That is the only thing that makes sense, and it explains why Dowd and the rest of them are acting so worried. Wilson was supposed to finger Rove. She didn't. And now they're deathly afraid of what might happen.
That's the gist of it.
Would this surprise anyone? Does anybody seriously buy Miller's explanation of why she spent 85 days in jail and then suddenly Libby decides to release her after all that time?