Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-30241447-20170503042327/@comment-3965545-20170511033422

Itachi couldn't risk that.. he needs the Akatsuki for cover. His plan was to die acting evil while keeping Konoha out of it. He also never knew about the eye of the moon plan because Obito kept it from him... only telling him the bs plan that Nagato and Obito were spouting.