If you follow your logic, it actually leads to a slightly different conclusion. If every one knows the secret sauce, then BP including Merck is already in negotiations or beyond with NWBO. In that case, then it’s not about Duffy breaking rank, and more likely a coordinated hire...otherwise Duffy will have his hands tied via an NDA. And Linda is clearly making this as much about Merck and Keytruda as it is about Duffy. Of course that could just be spin, but I suspect it’s not.