Without a doubt.
Cover story, best guess, target on island eliminated, or the opposite, something moved into position there. I'm not going to speculate further, I prefer to enjoy the show.
Outside comms? Letter Q in mind, see letters Q everywhere… MSM plays head games for attention, like they all grew up watching Star Wars thinks they're Jedi with the pen is mightier than the light sabre, if you knows what I means. If it's important, Q will drop breadcrumb of it, but if not, yeah, I'm sure it's all just a coincidence, eh-hem, eh-hem.