I find the idea that Nadim is under surveillance to not be unrealistic. I don't believe he would be under surveillance for his programming. Whether for his associates is another thing.
I don't believe the people he alleges he spoke with are intelligence operatives. Whoever they are, they were almost surely messing with him (but could still be conventional employees of an intelligence agency.) Whether or not they're for real doesn't change my first paragraph though.
I'm not able to give any advice except this: As long as you're on this road, there is no one you can fully trust. No one at all. You haven't fully internalized this yet.
I don't believe the people he alleges he spoke with are intelligence operatives. Whoever they are, they were almost surely messing with him (but could still be conventional employees of an intelligence agency.) Whether or not they're for real doesn't change my first paragraph though.
I'm not able to give any advice except this: As long as you're on this road, there is no one you can fully trust. No one at all. You haven't fully internalized this yet.