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WE GOT TOOK

Whoops, looks like that

CIA conspiracy theory

story we ran yesterday was not only, as they say in the journo biz, "old news," but

also bullshit

. Turns out this whole fiasco really

blew its load

all over the interweb back in early March, when it was largely dismissed (even by a bread expert from Cornell) as a crock.

Here's the "leaked White House memo" that sparked the initial hoopla. Note the absence of any official seals or watermarks or "Super Top Secret" stamps. Please also note how it looks like something anybody could make with a typewriter and a single sheet of paper. Plus, these schmoes

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reported

that among the victims' symptoms were ass-burning, premature menstruation, and gangrenous limbs--we have never known or heard anyone that tripped so hard their limbs fell off, but maybe we're just pussies. Anywho, not to besmirch the

the sterling reputation of

the CIA's pranksmen, or to say the Agency hasn't had actual

ties with California sunshine

in the past, but the crap that happened in Pont-Saint-Esprit was probably good old-fashioned

St Anthony's Fire

. Sorry.