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Originally thought the "You Loot, I Shoot" spray was by some survivor, to fend off other survivors. They are all desperate, right? And yea, when I made that Prisoner comment, The Dark Knight was in my head.
Kinsler definitely is some high authority in this place, as as I've linked in the OP, the Superintendent was asked to re-route the communications to him. He definitely could be the Chief of Police but he -blam!- up real bad.
I still think Kinsler betrayed the city, giving the Covenant information and promising them more. Hence, Dare assembled a Strike force under Buck to secure the ONI Alpha Site before Kinsler managed to get the information through. This was put to a halt, for everybody, due to the sudden slipspace jump.
The Prophet of Truth regrouped his Brute forces and sent them down, knowing that some dude called Kinsler was ready to give out information. I think this is where the flashbacks come in.
The mission we saw, the one with Dutch entitled "ONI Alpha Site"? This is what happens when Kinsler now helps the Prophet of Truth's Brutes. Dutch and Mickey (Who don't seem to have regrouped with the rest of the squad at this point of time) may have found out what was going on and decide to stop the data leak by themselves. Things obviously didn't go well and the mission probably ends the same way it began: With a Boom.
We blew up the bridge but perhaps, the Covenant forces which managed to get into the Alpha Site were too overwhelming. Hence, since Mickey was around, they managed to find a way to just destroy the Building, ensuring that no one gets their hands on the Data.
This theory leads up to another mission, leaked a few weeks ago known as "Data Hive". But, that brings it slightly off topic.
So, that's how I think Kinsler is involved. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if the story turns out something like that. It just seems to make the most sense IMO.
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Also, one thing to take note of and remember is that the Portal to the Ark is located beneath the Ruins of New Mombasa. I doubt they would have known just like that. And I'm pretty sure that ONI, being the shadowy idiots that they are, knew that. I bring your attention to this Ascendant Justice article. It shows some pictures from the Halo Graphic Novel. One picture clearly shows an Elite saying something along the lines of " We need to clear the area before we secure the Ark".
Obviously, they knew that there was something in New Mombasa but their guess was slightly wrong. This could be due to the fact that ONI themselves did not understand what exactly was beneath New Mombasa. The Covenant, however knew, or rather, thought that the Ark was on Earth. This Kinsler fool, be it an NMPD Official, Chief or even an ONI officer thought he knew what the Covenant was after and spilled the beans, though none of them knew where this 'Ark' was.
This could actually prove that Kinsler is just an NMPD Chief/Officer like was previously suggested. Hence, he doesn't know the true nature of what's happening. But, as an acting informant to the Covenant, he knew the next best thing: Where to find the concrete details. Hence, the assault that fails in the beginning of Halo 3: ODST. The original attack plan was to launch aboard that Carrier and I'm guessing, do what ODSTs do best: -blam!- -blam!- up. But, Dare was in charge of another little detail. I think the Assault on the Carrier would have just been used as a Decoy and an added bonus, while this Strike Force would have denied the Covenant their ultimate goal: Entry into the Ark. Obviously, nothing when according to plan and like I mentioned earlier, Truth decided to pick up the pieces after the Slipspace rupture.
[Edited on 07.14.2009 7:55 AM PDT]