I read the article.

Does the story they are presenting make sense to you? It doesn't to me!

All that's left is to assume there is more to the story than what is written.

Did you? They didn't explicitly say the company signed off on the talk/presentation, just the project.

Did you read the authoritarian spectre? Your deductions hint you didn't.

Seriously - the guy above you would support anyone in power and talk down to anyone not in it.