Fake bomb maker prolly pro at handling materials and prepping packages for framing, but not expert/ experienced at evasive tactics in op to deliver of packages. More than one set of hands involved? More than one individual to be offered up as fall-guy? Or as victim of door knob drop.
Guide-Boss prolly expert at nothing more than evasive maneuvers and buying time. May take years to apprehend. Exit might never be made public. Not departing on own terms anyway.
Leaving "fingerprints" behind is made easier when accomplices are not pros at executing evasive tactics while making good on deliveries. Easy to find individuals too ready to be of assistance; and too easy to setup such finds?
We may never learn all. Perhaps only 20%? Perhaps not even 1% about the Boss, prolly.
Telltale signals? Time lapse to apprehension (or retrieval) of guilty body.
Meanwhile DECLAS pending. Exposure of very senior member who has been sheltered by a series of exchanges. Not all exchanges are comms by text or phone or email. Not all comms require explicit words.
Telltale signals suffice. Look back to Cold War cut-outs.
Allspeed Anons