I'm not a big fan of the nugget drops without context, but I'm used to it. My brother is former LE and he used to do the same thing
all the time. In a way it's kind of their way of talking about the case without talking about the case, and sort of venting, without giving away any compromising details. Brother used to say stuff like "okay I'll say this much, and then you think about what that means in context of what you know, then you get back to me". And then he'd say something like "think about green fabric, and what's the first thing you think of made from green fabric" (sounds like Chris on PE, eh?)
Drove me nuts, I assure you.
But every time, after the case was over, it made perfect sense, and it was never anything that would have compromised the case. He didn't do it to be annoying (although he later admitted that was a bonus) he did it to let off some steam because, LE are people too and they need to talk about stuff. (PE's "Choir Practice" is all about that).
Bringing it back into context of SM's case, the level of attention on this case is now massive, compared to many we all follow. There is (obviously) a lot of details that the PE guys know but can't share and it must be real hard to sit on their hands right now.
Just a little context & hoping it helps.
