This feels like some high level gaslighting. Grusch is either telling the truth as he knows it (and he could be being deceived by higher ups) or he's being dece

This feels like some high level gaslighting. Grusch is either telling the truth as he knows it (and he could be being deceived by higher ups) or he's being deceitful in the way that "former" intelligence have been known to be. The other option is that the story is actually true (unlikely) and we're being lied to on an incomprehensible level.