PedroKsBambino said:
My experience at firms doing white collar work and (both related and separately) at firms hiring expert witnesses in cases with media scrutiny is that they always consider the possibility of information leaking, both as a 'sword' to get messages out and a 'shield' to protect against messages. Your mileage may vary.
It's an awfully clumsy way to leak the investigation, and what's the point of the leak? Of course they'll be considering the science. It was central to Belichick's explanation. It just doesn't make sense to me as a designed leak.
Now, if the message was designed to suggest that PW had found no wrongdoing, or expanded the investigation in a different direction, I'd be more open to it. Anything is possible, but to me this is just a routine fuck up.