I have to say, I am impressed that Scotland Yard have not been 'distracted' by the relentless conjuring up of 'leads and sightings' from one end of the globe to the other ( in the way that the Portuguese police, unfortunately, were )
They ( Scotland Yard ) made it clear, during the Crimewatch appeal, that they have their sights set on one man ... the man the Smith family saw just after 10pm on the night Madeleine McCann was reported missing by her parents
Perhaps you can clarify, Icabod.
On the one hand you note that all non-Scotland Yard agencies so far involved in the case end up being portrayed as having 'bungled'. (The implication being that the McCanns are spinning this view, if I understand you correctly).
On the other hand, SY as you say are pursuing Smithman (that is the official line, at least) as their main lead - a lead the McCanns are understood to have quashed via suppression of the efits for several years.
Are the McCanns therefore in cahoots and agreement with SY , or not?