I overheard a couple of people talking about the Plame case the other day, and almost everything they said was garbled or flat out wrong. They couldn't even get Libby's name right, they called him Liddy.
Well they were close, just an indictment from a different time... ;)
I would bet the majority would say, "Yeah, I think I heard that last week." or "Good, isn't he the guy who outing that CIA agent?"
go to any social event and start talking about the fact there is no amendment in the Constitution dictating the "right to privacy" and you'll have blank looks abound.