Well, there is an argument that IC does not have a problem with other interested parties chasing their tail trying to figure out what that really meant similar

Well, there is an argument that IC does not have a problem with other interested parties chasing their tail trying to figure out what that really meant similar to the way government occassionally releases few tidbits about Kennedy assasination just to keep the flames flowing and activist distracted from what is going on right now. There is value in misdirection.