And so Edathy noticed that he hadn't got the post, and there were press reports about investigations against the Canadian site. Not too difficult to get the implications, isn't it? It is possible that nobody gave him a hint. And so he let his lawyer inquire if there was an investigation, and that 1) he had never had purchased illegal material, and 2) what he had purchased was destroyed, and 3) that he was never in the possession of illegal material. And from that moment it was clear that a search would not make any sense.

This is speculation of course, but I think not implausible. It is just to show that the facts aren't clear at all.

Oh, the irony: perhaps Friedrich resigned because he did something right for the first time in his career? All the things he did not resign for, although he had plenty of reason by normal standards (not his)...