Indeed. And Satsohi retired from the project soon after.

But I remember holding the opinion that Hearn was probably more closely involved with intelligence agencies, even though I can't remember what that opinion was based upon. Very vague I know, which is why I phrased my initial comment vaguely. What I am sure of, however, is that they weren't cypherpunks. A cypherpunk would never go work for Google (as Hearn did).