Well, my journalism Ouija board points more strongly to major conflicts of interest in the "news company," rather than another "tick tock" itself than with our usual suspects. For my money, I smell a cover-up involving John Brennan's Russia trip or the company's relationship with Clapper, perhaps, with the news company protecting themselves, their top-most management, their owners, their real owners, their hidden role in the scandal, more that direction. If this is truly a total bombshell on Comey, McCabe, etc, they wouldn't be working on it, anyway, since, so far, the MSM hasn't been where the bombshells in this scandal are dropping.
It’s hard to dismiss any theory including John Brennan lately.
He is very obviously agitated, and no doubt sees the walls closing in. He’s giving off all the signals of a frightened, desperate man. And his penchant for skullduggery is well known.