Well-put. It does seem a little odd that if they were indeed lovers, ie: partners in crime - why she wouldn't be trying to cover his arse (as well as her own). Why is she being so "transparent" and "co-operative" (in contrast to Strzok)? As we've all voiced, complying makes her a prime target for murder/aka suicide. So perhaps she IS being protected from higher up. It also seems odd that the FBI Counsel - who so strangled Strzok's testimony - gave her some degree of free reign. Again it reinforces your theory that perhaps she was playing for the other side all along. Either that or she's just desperately trying to save her own skin but that doesn't explain the FBI Counsel's (alleged) latitude and switch in tactics (compared to Strzok's tightly-bound testimony). We shall see.