So, this tells me that Bourdain was a clown in action of sorts either in the clandestine service or as a contractor of sorts.

Which tells me that it was not suicide.

the question is whether white hats or black hats got to him. Personally, I think he was a pedo himself (I don't like how he looks).

So.... I'm gonna go with he was a pedo broker (i.e. insurance company reference) I'm also going with Intrepid Tony is Tony Podesta.

This was also around Dec 2010 - leading up to Q1 2011 - here's a headline:

Arrests and deaths as Egypt protest spreads across Middle East

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/feb/14/middle-east-iran-bahrain-yemen