After Tim got a call from the reporter he quickly posted that the thread was only a "spoof" to find out if someone was leaking information - but Tim has a logic problem. If there was no conspiracy, nothing to hide, why the concern about leaks?
You just don't have a sufficiently conspiratorial outlook on life, Ric.
Clearly there is a supersecret Forum behind the secret Forum. In the supersecret Forum, which the reporter failed to find, the conspirators decided what kind of thread they would develop in the merely secret Forum as bait for their enemies.
You have fallen into their trap! Now they have you exactly where they want you! Never believe that the first layer you uncover is all there is to a plot. Churchill understood this perfectly: "Russia is a
riddle wrapped in a
mystery inside an
enigma."
Oh, if only you had consulted a Jesuit about these things before launching this premature exposé!