[sonotathrowaway]

The linchpin of your argument seems to be that we need to believe the official reason given, and that the CIA would never lie to the American public.

That sounds naïve to anyone with even a passing familiarity with American history.

[thfuran]

Whereas the lynchpin of your argument, inasmuch as there is one, is "pfff, who needs evidence when you can have allegations instead".

[tremon]

Rather, the linchpin of their argument is "a public explanation given by the CIA carries less weight than no explanation at all".