What better way to send coded comms than put a brash seemingly psychopath devo looking guy out there and put pieces into the puzzle?
Don't discard Austin. Take the intel for what it is. It's actionable stuff. Close down the gun shop. Dig on the Corps he talks about. Examine and sift through what he drops.
Intel can come from DeepState. Why not? That's how we work. Austin has value. If you quit looking at it with emotion you immediately see it.
USE INTEL and actionable DIGS if someone gives them to you. We have to get over this structured military command shit. We're the fucking jungle commandos fighting our way to take the capital of dipshits down. We are info gatherers. That's how intel works.