There's a BIG difference in "responding to leaks", and fueling speculation. Blackbird.
AMI witnesses and others are told to shut up. On the other hand, we have the public prosecution of Hatfill on the craziest terms - searching the Princeton neighborhood with only his picture, the pond story, the dog story, tv cameras at his apartment, leak after leak of laughable nonsense. Nonsense, but it gained traction in the mainstream media.