I guess I don't understand this stuff. If shorts are panicking why are short sales higher than they have been?

Any ideas?

btw: I liked what I read in todays press release but I felt the language was a little...limp, if you know what I mean. I was much encouraged by the article that followed. That author (Don Sieffert) has been doing a good job covering this, I think. I'm glad Leo has this relationship to get word out. Not sure how far all of this will go though, I'm hoping, if it isn't too distracting to the co. (financially or otherwise), that they'll take it as far as they can (shut the crooks down).