I happened to be watching the day Mitchell said it was well known within DC who Plame was. She laughed when she said it and it was VERY clear.
This is backpedalling CYA. Wilson has threatened to sue Vallely (sp?) and Mitchell is worried the same will happen to her.
I'm wondering just how many lawsuits that Willson has threaten
The SHAMELESSNESS of this crowd is truly scary.
There has to be a video tape of Mitchell's CNBC interview. We know only FOXNews would show it. But we also know any member of the MSM, even FOXNews anchors, are loathe to embarrrass, or accuse one of their own of doing anything wrong. They just won't do it.
Even yesterday Rush was MSM-ish. He protected John McCain when a caller guessed it was John McCain who leaked the black ops prisons to the media. The big guys, (even Rush), won't risk law suits or even the off chance they might have to issue an apology. (But I bet you, that caller is right!)
I was also watching this and it went down exactly as you stated. I also thought at the time she looked pretty smug as she was speaking.