He's been involved for some time, but it wasn't until the last dozen years that he really went over the edge.
Minority Report is about the conundrum of telepathy and precognition to stop crimes before they happen. Is it a crime if it never happened? Could someone be framed or know how to abuse the system? You live in Tumbleweed among many telepaths and precogs so I'm leaving it to you to decide whether you want to stir up that paranoia.