They've been doing this since Ernest Hemingway, he said the FBI were following him, and they were. Imagine their techniques 57 years later.
A painting of Astronauts storming Normandy given to Tom Hanks by Conan (before he was lame)
This might be true if they would just go quietly, but time and again they panic and do things like Parkland, this is the end game anon. Don't be a negative nancy.
It's good to take a cue from Scott to see how to publicly react to things for mass normie effect. I doubt he was at all skeptical, but phrasing it as if he was enables others to be more open about it as well.