http://mangastream.com/read/naruto/65686308/13
Yes there were meanings he wanted to project, but he had some weird technical excuse as to why he couldn't as well.
Itachi received the order to kill the Uchiha clan from Danzou. I suppose he could've acted on his own accord rather than as a ROOT agent, though. However, Danzou definitely got Shisui's eye before he died, as they clearly showed Shisui in this chapter with his right eye missing.Itachi was not a part of ROOT. The only reasonable explanation is that Danzou simply went grave-digging up Shisui's body and took his one eye that was left.