See my last above.
In order for an asset to Stay Safe, he really must think like the enemy; he will laugh, walk, talk, even sleep with them. It can’t be just an act.
The crazy you are, the SAFER you are. These assets don’t enter US gummint buildings, they are deep, deeeeeep.
It’s a long process, and some of them get lost —perhaps even before realizing it, they really do drink in the kool-aid, they guzzle it by the gallon. To stay safe.
And maybe Omar flipped, he really did become one of them, and now our guys who thought they had a hold on him ARE TOTALLY TERRIFIED.