*Both Craig and Amaury were back then discussed to be intel assets.
Craig more a plant with the help of Calvin Ayre a convicted and now compliant (former?) billionaire to discredit the big block movement. Which unfortunately worked, as Gavin fell for Craig's Satoshi "proof".
History is stranger than fiction. In this case itvis absolutely true. Stakes were high.
I recommend yo read control-planes mistvrecent article. Bitcoin as MoE would have disrupted some plans early.
Now they self-publicate the files (to a large degree known to interested researchers for years if not decades) to finally bring down the house of cards.