[mkovach]

Seems to me this might be plain old intimidation. The folks involved, which includes the Police Chef, see that somebody is leaking information to the press and a trying very hard to find they leak(s). Since they can't figure out who, and the press isn't publishing anything they are cranking up the heat.

In both cases he says that they are investigating allegations. In fact, at one point it is said, they turned over information to the police because they thought it might be related to a civil matter (somebody's divorce). They don't feel they have enough information to make the allegations public.

Something never change but the semantics, police are trying to find the leak, IMHO.

[staplers]

Gotta imagine they're onto a big, long thread if they're trying this hard to cover it up.

[sanderjd]

Yep, and it just blew up in their face. The most important rule of breaking laws in your small town is to not do something that shows up on the national morning news.

[mkovach]

As, I said, things remain that same.

The cover-up is always a bigger story. Ask Nixon :)