"This means that the DTC wasn't doing anything wrong, or the SEC (which has oversight and control of the DTC) would have forced the DTC to release the global lock."
Where does it say cover? Simple answer, it is not a cover because shares would have to be issued to the shorts, ifin you could even identify them all. Nobody seems to be owning up to it. We have been through all this already. Read back a bit. All IMO.