For all we know this guy could have gotten himself fired for other reasons. His book sure sold well after he got "fired from his position." It's optics and given there are only two sides to this war we have two options:
He's a white hat who proved himself trustworthy and got fired "from his position," not necessarily from Space Force, and was put in a different position
He's a black hat pretending to be a white hat and got himself fired because he was found out and/or wanted to sell his book and knew that pulling this stunt would do so
So the follow chart goes
good or bad
promoted or demoted
book aspect was intentional or pleasant by-product
For all we know this guy could have gotten himself fired for other reasons. His book sure sold well after he got "fired from his position." It's optics and given there are only two sides to this war we have two options:
He's a white hat who proved himself trustworthy and got fired "from his position," not necessarily from Space Force, and was put in a different position
He's a black hat pretending to be a white hat and got himself fired because he was found out and/or wanted to sell his book and knew that pulling this stunt would do so
So the follow chart goes
good or bad
promoted or demoted
book aspect was intentional or pleasant by-product