The reason I posted this story is because of its fascinating details, and also because it highlights the sophisticated methods with which intelligence agencies

The reason I posted this story is because of its fascinating details, and also because it highlights the sophisticated methods with which intelligence agencies plant and spread propaganda. The most interesting part of the article was the description of how the story spread. It started as a phony "bulletin" (disguised to read as a real intelligence report), then got posted on an obscure website, then got picked up by alt-right groups, then by Fox News, and finally promoted by the White House as a real thing.