It's like a reverse leopard, where it tries to gaslight you about how it told you it was going to eat your face
Flipping operatives is not the same as working with the organisation you are literally convincing them to betray.
Geopolitics are complex, the enemy of your enemy is not your friend but they can be a tool. Reading one snippet from an email with no context is hardly going to give you the full picture.
Maybe he was just VERY bad at his job?