Everyone at NBC has gone off the cliff over this story.
Maybe it has something to do with Tim Russert's dirty hands. He's pretty valuable to NBC.
If this is such a honking big Number 9+ revelation, you have to wonder why Tim Russert wasn't the one explaining it all to Matt Lauer.
I think NBC honchos know this story is being intentionally reported inaccurately by the MSM herd, and they don't want Tim tarnished by misreporting a story he's personally involved with. Let spit boy do the dirty work for pumpkin head.