Pretty clear why Carissa didn't tell him that. Keltham thinks he approves of the decision. Good thing that he strongly suspects that what happened to Keltham out of dath ilan in his plane crash is something that works for anyone anywhere, or that news might be enough to shake him -
Keltham catches a glimpse of something out of the corner of his mind, a thought about Zon-Kuthon's afterlife and Owl's Wisdom. He's pretty sure of what it says. There isn't much need to think it.
"What was the plan for taking out Awaiting Consumption and Zon-Kuthon's afterlife before I arrived?"