Remember when Q team talked about this op being a game and anons forgot to play. Check out this CIA manual called "A Tradecraft Primer:Structured Analytic Techniques for Improving Intelligence Analysis". This primer talks about "A systematic approach that considers a range of alternative explanations and outcomes offers one way to ensure that analysts do not dismiss potentially relevant hypotheses and supporting information resulting in missed opportunities to warn."

I'm sure Q team used these techniques to study Cohen and Manafort and all possibilities. Too many coincidences these last few months to not believe every possible outcome has been studied, and analyzed to come up with a good plan. Sure, humans are unpredictable but Q team has sure been right too many times. www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/books-and-monographs/Tradecraft%20Primer-apr09.pdf