The CIA did something similar in the 50's and 60's, with a fictitious economist called Guy Sims Fitch: https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2016/09/meet-guy-sims-fitch-a-

The CIA did something similar in the 50's and 60's, with a fictitious economist called Guy Sims Fitch: https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2016/09/meet-guy-sims-fitch-a-fake-writer-invented-by-the-us-government/ https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2016/09/meet-guy-sims-fitch-a-fak...