Reply #104: Sealed Indictments Allow Law Enforcement To Continue Investigation w/o ... [View All]

[Blackhatjack]

.... tipping off 'targets' that they are being observed. No other way to get to the top of a conspiracy than to follow the leads to the top. Grab a lower level transgressor, and the jig is up. Everybody above him knows where to cut the lines that connect them, evidence is destroyed, etc.

In this case, we could have the scenario where the 'targets' believe they have escaped indictment in one investigation, only later to learn that another investigation has had them under the spotlight for some time --and their 'goosed was cooked long ago', they just did not know it.

The sealed indictment also would allow individuals 'cooperating' with prosecutors to continue working without their cover being blown.