They are “limited hangout” CIA psyop. Not entirely true, but parts are. False information included to invalidate all info as designed. Aka “poison the well” [of info] counterinsurgency infowar method. Used to discredit the source and hide the bits of truth by associating it directly with provably false info (i.e. anyone not “publicly dead” on the list may be impossible to verify even if they have “disappeared” from public view).
They are “limited hangout” CIA psyop. Not entirely true, but parts are. False information included to invalidate all info as designed. Aka “poison the well” [of info] counterinsurgency infowar method. Used to discredit the source and hide the bits of truth by associating it directly with provably false info (i.e. anyone not “publicly dead” on the list may be impossible to verify even if they have “disappeared” from public view).