This sort of thing is pretty common—people often draw more attention to themselves trying to hide their activities than whatever it was they were up … - Ben Aaronovitch

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This sort of thing is pretty common—people often draw more attention to themselves trying to hide their activities than whatever it was they were up to would. Plus sometimes the cover-up is more illegal than the thing they were covering up. Still, if people were brighter routine police work would be much harder.