...considering what he'd apparently just witnessed, one can hardly hold him to blame.

[ He's been trying not to think on it too hard, himself. Lest he find himself unable to think further. ]

Given the state of the Initiative-- the old Initiative, what remains of them-- I'm highly skeptical of Lawson's words being more than a reference to what he knew of the previous UE, combined with the knowledge that they still exist in Exsilium-- as it is at present.

[ The ramblings of madness, he leaves unsaid. Along with a final, desperate commission, driven by fear. ....he can't imagine Lowell and his colleagues would be capable of, or even willing to commit that level of... conspiracy? Control? At this stage of affairs, either. As far as he knows, which, he has had to (frustratedly) admit to himself more and more of late, isn't much at all.

Fabric rumples, as a back leans tiredly against its chair. ]

Skeptical, but not entirely certain. And therein lies a problem you're already aware of.

What do we know of the UE? As it is, now? What threat is it that we're up against?