Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-86.184.104.191-20150411001041/@comment-1672596-20150411115715

Nuhr wrote: Ocelot leaked the REX-data to make money. He wanted to be rich, but the Patriots refused to give him money out of the Philosopher's Legacy, so he was allowed to make money by selling the data.

The Patriots wanted Solidus dead because while being President,  he already plotted his rebellion against them. How can we be sure that the Patriots weren't involved in the REX-data? For all we know, the Patriots may have just ordered Ocelot to leak the data so they can gain enough money for the S3 Plan (after all, Otacon DID hint in a Codec conversation for the Tanker Chapter that the money used to leak the REX data may have been intended to be used for a new project, and the Patriots DID mention that it took a lot of money and time to make the S3 Plan happen).

Besides, we don't know if the Patriots actually wanted Solidus dead, at least immediately. If they did, why would Ocelot proceed to save Solidus, then manipulate him into the S3 Plan on Patriot orders?