This is something that's been mentioned on a couple of non-progressive blogs, but doesn't seem to have gotten any attention on this side of the blogosphere -- contrary to media reports, Tim Russert did NOT deny knowing anything about Valerie Plame Wilson before talking with Lewis Libby in July 2003.
The statement released by NBC last year just says, "he did not know Ms. Plame's name or that she was a CIA operative" -- the same "I didn't know her name, and I didn't know she was undercover" line of defense that Karl Rove has been spinning out through his lawyer.
What if someone asks him directly on "Meet the Press" this Sunday, "Did you tell Scooter Libby that Joe Wilson's wife works for the CIA?" Will he get so flustered that he storms off the set just like Bob Novak did?
(Condensed from a post at Needlenose on this and other Plame mini-scoops.)