Perhaps it was an accidental release and the decision was made to make use of it.
I don’t think it was accidental - the timing is too coordinated. The question is rather whether it was CHI alone, Deep State (in conjunction with CHI or bad/worst actors therein), or Deep State on its own in a “Sum of All Fears” scenario. But I don’t think anything about any of this is accidental ... I think reactive after the fact, ala “decision was made to make use of it”, as you note. TBD + WWG1WGA :)