My take on this is the FBI was involved early on and this was an ongoing investigation. Hey look here everybody we caught some terrorist, showboating IMHO. The FBI just doesn't give out info like this unless they want publicity. Like the ATF at Waco, inviting the media to record the raid when it went all wrong.
Sort of hard to shut down a port and NOT be noticed.
Yup. That's my take on it too.