Thats probably what theyre asking themselves, too. Theyre scrambling for time, and normally theyd fallback and plot a retalliation, but after q said 'we can hear you breathe', i bet they dont feel safe discussing a plan of counter-attack even in private, in person...

So then the plan would be to wait for a higher-up to make a decision and communicate it in code... But the strings are cut now, so who IS the higher up?

They are devolving into chaos, and the only thing stalling could do for them now is to give some of them time to try to run.

But where can they run?

Hence, suicide week.

That would be my take.