I thought for a long time that McKinnon was totally honest and that there was something to be learned from what he had found. Now, though, with the recent promotion of all things stinking of Blue Beam, I think McKinnon was fed the information he found in just the same way that Bill Cooper came to conclude he had been fed UFO disinfo.

So McKinnon comes off as forthright because he is. When he describes his exploits, he says it was easy. Now I see it was all too easy. And would They let this this nerd get thrown in the slammer even though he had compromised nothing real, let alone of any importance? Of course! Makes it all the more convincing.