Once he was arrested, I assume it made a lot of sense both for him and his family/friends to 'out' him(self) as a senior executive at Google. This may have even

Once he was arrested, I assume it made a lot of sense both for him and his family/friends to 'out' him(self) as a senior executive at Google. This may have even saved his life. This assumes the Egyptian police hadn't already found out his identity from some other source before or after the arrest.