It would be interesting to know if the individual in question would have accepted the conditions he imposed on others. If roles were reversed if you like. Perhaps he did.
It is one thing to stick your own neck out, something else to ask someone else to.
Given the plethora of evidence... one wonders what else was going on.
Looks like a lot of the wrong doing could have been avoided by being better organised.
Begs the question - was the CP behind all this? Or was the operator applying pressure on him?
Happens everyday I suppose.