Something is bugging me for sure about SS but it's not that I think he's lying or telling half-truths (and maybe he is, heck, who knows at this point??)
I think it's that from the outside looking in we have this tendency to assume this person or that person HAD to know, or see, or guess at this or that. I don't think that's 100% fair though, mostly because I don't think we really know the extent of SS and DM's friendship/association. I mean, he works in the hangar, he's around a lot, went to Baja as DM's mechanic, he does this or that for DM but I can't only imagine DM kept him in the dark about a heck of lot.
The fact that he handed over his phone to LE, with all the texts between him and DM speaks volumes to me. That's not a CYA-mode thing to do. A CYA thing to do is delete all those texts THEN hand over the phone. Or, just lose the phone entirely.
moo