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Because military brass is not supposed to be wrong by going along with such unlikely scenarios.

They might as well also believe the fairy god-mother decides the outcome of battles and direct their ire at her.

This is The National Enquirer-level stuff.

> military brass is not supposed to be wrong by going along with such unlikely scenarios.

True but that was before we started having idiot legislators in congress willing to throw a few tens of millions at "investigations" by the military. Nothing like easy budget and a cushy assignment for several years to encourage some motivated reasoning. "Hey, if you're payin', I'm investigatin.'"

You mean like being on the board of Theranos?

So it's to make money off of suckers? They are swindlers? We're no better than John MacAfee's banana republic low-level bribe seeking government employees.

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