From their Wiki page:
The answers to your questions would appear to be yes, yes and probably not.
Just ignore the person from TOOL who said NSO's CB was legit. I wouldn't want to interfere with your feelings of righteous indignation.
And, for the record, I have no relationship with the NSO. Their continued existence is irrelevant to me. But their reasons for this war are solid, backed by (now removed) evidence and supported by the alliance that was going to be CDC's protector.