The odd thing is that...Thomas somehow finds himself deeply embedded and very wanted in every single historic event: WWI, communist revolution, the crash of WS stock market, and the rise of Fascism. Surely he's not ALWAYS needed in every occasion, but sure, for manufactured drama.
People I thought with all my heart were guilty turned out to be innocent, and people I thought were saints, they weren't. That's why you don't go on instinct. You wait, you listen and watch, eventually everyone reveals themself.