The only thing I can think of is an analogy. Coaches recruiting an athlete will often send off a postcard or a message or a 5-10 minute wave/talk by. As if they already made their pitch, and want to keep their image in the athlete's mind.
Sounds like LE made a pitch, asked the questions, got stonewalled, and now want to say 'We be here'. Like the SNL episode where played DeNiro played Robert Mueller walked by Trump played by Alec Baldwin . DeNiro made the 'two fingers to eyes' sign then pointed at Baldwin. "Got eyes on you".
Has to be 'got eyes on you', which is unnerving.