[eureka!]

Re#4 You're likely more right than you know. Take a looksee at this very encouraging blog's last couple days' entries on the l'affaire McCarthy: http://macsmind.blogspot.com/

[TheForceOfOne]

Expect to see these criminals redouble their efforts to the extreme from here on out.

I was thinking about that too. The only way out for some people connected to the investigations who fear being exposed and prosecuted, is to up the rhetoric and create more damaging leaks for the purpose of damaging the president and his will to continue the investigation or hope for Democratic control of Congress and impeachment proceedings against the president for the same reason. A cornered rat can be dangerous to approach.