Many in football believe Europol was seeking to raise their profile by launching this week's sensational press conference, declaring 380 cases under suspicion in Europe and 300 more around the world.
The Justice Department has acted belligerently even in cases where no grave harm to the public interest has been demonstrated, or where, as in the A.P. case, the leaks under suspicion have served to publicize the Administration's successes.
They have said they believe an intruder killed their daughter, but they remain under suspicion in the case.
Sergey Lavrov, Russia's foreign minister went so far as to accuse Merkel's government of "sweeping the case under the carpet", heightening suspicions in Berlin that the Kremlin was deliberately trying to cause trouble.
But the authorities have built a case only against Mr. Westerfield, who lives two doors from the van Dams and came under suspicion early in the case because of encounters he had with Mrs. van Dam.
"He was always under suspicion, even before that case," one said.
Investigators would not say how or why Dr. Souaid came under suspicion, only that the case stemmed from a sealed affidavit.
His example would suggest that the innocent people stopped are nevertheless permanently under suspicion, which is, of course, the case.
The police had strong suspects in at least six of the cases, he said, and in his aunt's case, the boyfriend of one of her roommates fell under suspicion.
The announcement marked a change in the dynamics of spreading radicalism in Egypt; in this case foreigners -- and not Egyptians -- were under suspicion.
