[kc0bfv]

In a cop show, they'd bust everyone they could with the info they have. Then they'd say something publicly like, "the work is only starting", to make the folks they can't bust nervous enough to do something stupid.

The Galaxy brain move is maybe to realize that this news will cause the crims to move to a new network, and to have one waiting for them.

E:sp

[throwaway0a5e]

In the levels of government of which the bureaucrats and appointees in charge of this operation are a part creating grandiose publicity for career purposes with no intention of following through and every intention of leaving it for the next guy to mop up is far more common than "galaxy brain" moves.