This story has some interesting background on Montgomery. What's shocking is how much his MO hasn't changed. As other commenters point out, he's even had conveniently timed "strokes" before.
Mary Fanning relied on Montgomery's expertise to write some conspiratorial bullshit. This paragraph from the Hammer expose story will sound eerily familiar:
> In my opinion, Mary Fanning is being duped. Montgomery is the puppeteer and Fanning is a puppet on the string. Listening to her interview it is painfully obvious she only has a cursory understanding of the matter. She has no in-depth knowledge other than what has been reported by you or others, or being told by Montgomery. She has no way to corroborate anything Montgomery tells her. She has made zero effort to corroborate his accusation. And she has no idea of the many facets and dynamics of that investigation and the other clandestine motives involved. Yet she is willing reporting his every word like it was the gospel truth. Unsubstantiated truth.
> She is the perfect mark of a guy like Montgomery.
You could search-and-replace Fanning with Lindell and it would be perfectly descriptive.
>Mary Fanning
I don't know, but now I kind of want to read her "book".