Just judging but how artificially hyped this was, and how we know that large drops never get hyped up before hand (no hype on Cuomo resignation for example )… this smells like a bait.
They are probably trying to get the DS to do something stupid, or track what they were going to try to shut it down. Moves and countermoves.
I think you might be right. 8pm was nothing but a set up for the panicked DS and they fell for it by the office raid. Tina could have been in on it the whole time with Mike. If so this is Sun Tzu level shit that only the military could pull off.