The article says he was then asked to leave the service about a year later when IRA published the meeting. So maybe he was plausible deniability. Maybe Major d

The article says he was then asked to leave the service about a year later when IRA published the meeting. So maybe he was plausible deniability. Maybe Major did order him not to. I guess the point is you can never know a negotiation so you may as well just go with the assessment of two sides incentives.