Disinformation? I'm serious.
This affair is virtually the entire focus of the agencies in the U.S. gov't that handle this sort of thing. FBI, CIA, NSA - you name it.
For all us peons know, what you heard was disinformation intended to put the fear of Allah into someone. And cause them to make a mistake.
Or maybe I'm just getting too paranoid in these surreal times. In which case somebody sure goofed by letting the cat out of the bag.