Lmfao if you call working for a company that also got outsourced to the CIA for consulting work a "Spook" then there's millions of "Spooks", usually that word is used for actual agents, not third party analysts.
The work he was doing overseas was entirely economic, which you would know if you read the article, and there's no confirmation he had any ties with the CIA at all. there's literally no reason to point out his very detached and vague connection with the CIA, other than to try and make him look like a plant.