Yes. The black hats gave him “freedom” to be a black hat.
Another thing that was interesting & I just saw somebody on Twitter perceived similarly - when they took the van away, they loaded it onto the truck. Then, while they’re driving, the tarp flies off the top, they stop, agents get on the back of the truck to hold down the tarp. The truck arrives at the destination, the announcers explain how careful they have to be! A kinda fork lift comes over and lifts the truck off, it’s bouncing a little at times. As it’s lifted off the truck agents look underneath as would be expected. Except ... if there was any inkling it was wired (and regardless it may well be) they’d not do that back at the parking lot? Agents alongside as they bump down the road? IMO they had no belief in reality that there was a bomb on or in the FAKE VAN.