"The meet isn't with Brody." Because Brody had been with her for hours and wasn't going anywhere near home for a while. And since Carrie had been following him, not the other way around, it was unlikely that he'd set her up as an alibi. Not impossible, but not likely. "Guess it's a good thing we have him here, then. We can ask him about it and put them together if we have to."

Just like after they were rescued, except for the very real possibility that the whole story would come out now.