or E) They gathered a tremendous amount of information over a long period of time, and played the CIA's game by giving it to them easy. That way more is reveale

or E) They gathered a tremendous amount of information over a long period of time, and played the CIA's game by giving it to them easy. That way more is revealed, and then China executed, no pun intended, the plan all at once when the time seemed right. But again who knows.