Just thinking out loud here - What Should Have Happened
1. Buck gets anonymous tip that something is up between Bouris and Coughlin - the tip said to check their Emails - right off the bat you have to ask - "Who had access to their Emails?" - "Was this access legal?"
2. Lets say that Buck got a generic anonymous tip that something was up between Coughlin and Bouris - no Email was mentioned - at that point, either Buck starts to search thru Emails, or goes to the Superintendent or the IT boss to get permission to search thru Emails - when bad Emails are found, they are given to the Superintendant - the Superintendant then talks to Bouris and Coughlin, and tells them to knock it off - QUESTION - if everything is on course towards fixing the problem at this point, why did anonymous Emails show up after an illegal entry into the Superintendent's office - why were there more Emails - why didnt someone just mail them in? - would that have involved violations of federal postal laws? Why is there no alarm system at the Superintendent's office? Was not the first batch of Emails incriminating enough? (apparently not)
3. Maybe someone knew that bad Emails had been uncovered, and then threw more bad Emails into the pot to discredit the investigation. That person must have been Cat Woman or 007. They had no problem getting in and out of the Superintendent's office without being spotted - and they had access to private Emails. And they knew when the initial bad Emails had been uncovered.
4. Lets say that Mr Levenson walked into his office on Monday morning and found Emails at or near his desk. Was not this unusual? Did people casually walk into his office when he was absent? Did he call the police at this point to report a burglary? When he found the envelope, was he afraid that it might contain white powder? Did he immediately read the Emails and say - "Ah ha - now I have them!"
When Mr Levenson started to make phone calls about these anonymously delivered Emails, didnt anyone ask where they had come from? Didnt they say - "Wow, this is weird, you just found stuff to squash your enemies - but it looks very hinky" - 'Are you really concerned about sexual harassment? Has anyone complained about sexual harassment or favoritism at Ottoson? You now have an investigation using anonymous Emails plus an anonymous initial complaint. This is too weird.' Did not anyone raise these issues?