 He started a website designed to leak information about his former employers, but that caught the attention of the authorities, and he fled to Moscow. I've been messaging back and forth with Dugan since December, when I reached out to him for a response to an article. He denies having anything to do with the websites, but in our messages, he seems to be having fun. In response to one of my questions, he wrote, What operations? Followed by a winky face emoji.