I'm a little confused here. Lay aside the whole question of who knew what when, and instead look at what apparently actually happened.
In short, ONE GUY in an osti stopped an ENTIRE SQUAD that was flying premier ground attack aircraft?
It seems to me that it would be unwise to whine about the unfairness of it all, spying or no. I mean, why didn't one of the NOE guys just kill the stupid osti?