User blog comment:Zolnir/Welcome To Beacon/@comment-173.58.251.107-20140801004552/@comment-11188061-20140801012232

It's more likely of a case that he can't do anything. Exchange students are not under his direct authority, which means he has to look up to someone's face. Moreover, he has no evidence at all to accuse any one of them, Cinder or Emerald or Mercury that they're dangerous terrorists. I doubt he even knows, but then again, who can? Cinder's forces have kept their secrecy very well: Roman as the face, and the three of them staying completely underground.

Also, this actually solidifies the theory that Cinder is in fact the pawn, and not the Queen, or it might not be referencing to her at all.