Actually, yes they are. And the case against Shishani has been quite effectively blown apart, just wait and see.
And a couple years down the road, you may find out that this agent didn't lose anything - $40.000 may be just a fraction of what the Islamics would be willing to pay for a derailment such as this. If you find him working for someone with an Arab name by then, it'll be a dead giveaway.