I'm going to go flat-out conspiracy theorist and say that DPR/alleged dealer/blackmailer are all the same person and he concocted this story and leaked it to le

I'm going to go flat-out conspiracy theorist and say that DPR/alleged dealer/blackmailer are all the same person and he concocted this story and leaked it to let everyone know how seriously he takes privacy. Unfortunately, the prosecution will probably say it had to do with intent and use that as a reason for why the public should be protected from DPR. Either way I agree with the points you made. Also very bad opsec for DPR to not smell something fishy with the story if it is in fact a different person and even worse to act on it if that is in fact what happened.