Pretty much. They feel that no one else should have access to Ingress technology and shouldn't be trusted with it. But rather than sharing the hazards of using it or teaching them how to prevent it being dangerous, they just killed everyone.

[Which says to him that the Ingress itself is dangerous just because of its founders.] From what I know, the people of the Midway Hub had developed their own version of the technology.

They were sending us home, a few at a time. They needed to locate the source of our signatures. Sending us here isn't just a group punishment for the actions of a few. It's justifying our mistreatment to their masses and its- [he huffs with another heavy heave, for some reason just chatting away about political matters as he sets to it] -it's a power play. To show they can get away with doing whatever to us that they want.