Going back to that time, there was huge pressure on LE to find JF and they knew that time was of the essence.
Possibly on the issue of the number of people in the room my guess is that the LE team was sizeable and because of the time issues it made sense to have key people present too.
Part of what was also going on with LE was that the area being searched was sizeable (distance between NC and Farmington was around 60ish miles and surrounding area) and the number of boots on the ground to search was large. Even the local PDs in upstate CT were involved if I recall (eg. Hartford, Farmington, Windsor etc.). LE at the time was not only trying to find JF but checking on the 3 co-conspirators. It was an enormous 24/7 operation that went on for weeks/months.
I'm offering this history up to provide some understanding as to why we might be seeing what we are seeing in terms of urgency from LE.
@gardinista, I absolutely see what you are describing but I think the people in the room might have been divided up into the main people responsible for the various lines of investigation and it was important for them to be able to ask questions to further their line of inquiry imo. Then we see the Prosecutor arrive in this interview and he was overseeing all lines of inquiry. They were trying to do alot of work in a very short period of time imo and sometimes things aren't optimal.
MOO