Gavin had just received the alert keys to the Bitcoin network. Right afterwards, he tells Satoshi that he is visiting the CIA. Satoshi leaves for good coincidentally.
This is quoted from the defunct Bruce Wagner Bitcoin podcast:
Bruce Wagner : When was the last time you chatted to satoshi
Gavin Andresen: Um... I haven't had email from satoshi in a couple months actually. The last email I sent him I actually told him I was going to talk at the CIA. So it's possible , that.... that may have um had something to with his deciding
I wonder why Bitcoin's architecture is not being improved, and why it seems like it's purposely undermined. Such as revokutionary colored coins, when everybody gets a letter from Fincen or their local governments for being money transmitters, just because they are running a bitcoin client which now supports colored coins.
Most people understand this yet there is a massive push to implement colored coins(which turns every user into an unregistered exchange), like they can't wait enough to destroy Bitcoin sooner.
Like this below but for the whole Bitcoin network.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-12-12/producer-physical-casascius-bitcoins-being-targeted-feds
The fact that the current lead developer (Gavin)spoke to the CIA, and Satoshi at the time disappeared, should set atomic nuclear warning flags
The fact of the matter is Bitcoin has become a controlled operation, but please tell us how wonderful CIA coin is.