He already explicitly wanted to publish the book with his actual initials. It would have been quite easy for adversaries with just general public information to

He already explicitly wanted to publish the book with his actual initials. It would have been quite easy for adversaries with just general public information to get from the initials to the person, right? So perhaps revealing the full name doesn't make much of a difference, which is why it could just as well have been "accidental" (quotes intented).