Imagine the DUmmies dilemma: embrace this story, but admit the documents must be fake because they don't mention any such thing and run the risk of no one listening since they were already wrong last time, or reject this story and hang on to a story that keeps looking worse and worse for them. Poor Jr. Soviets ... so much Kool-Aid, so little time.
They really are desperate! He has a fear of flying, so he goes into the Air National Guard.