Tannersfriend, the answer to your question is quite simple. Denaselight was a far different, open and less secretive place than it is today. Jerry Rodriguez was still president, Subhash, who was quite open and candid, was still with the company and had not yet been replaced by the more secretive Tom Mika. Also, At the time we visited, no one at the facility, other than Jerry, had actually met Suresh. They seemed more familiar with Ajit's name 

We showed up at the door, announced we were shareholders, were welcomed and, although no cameras or phones were allowed, were given a tour and people answered questions.

At that time, the GaS work was still being done in Taiwan and Bill Ring's ideas were still in the lab stage in England

If Jerry knew at the time that he was to be replaced in less than a month, he kept it very close to the chest.

Quite simply, there was no Suresh or Mika on hand to say no.