Recruiting a player with high strategic intelligence provides a temporary advantage that can eventually be used against them.

“And you'll see what and because also what you can do then is draw on that brilliant strategic and quizzing and kind of um you know that kind of a brain and then eventually you can throw him under the bus by saying you see Nick we all know that Nick is actually and what's emerged is that he's of a sp”

It is optimal for contestants to avoid being identified as a traitor early in the game rather than focusing on catching traitors immediately.

“As we've said so many times when discussing this show, guys, you really don't need to get a traitor early on.”