In the push to avert war in Ukraine, the Biden administration used an unpredictable weapon, divulging confidential intelligence to reporters while saying: Just trust us, and ignore the backdrop of historical errors.

Dare to question the high-octane allegations, and you may find yourself lumped on the side of America’s enemies, as happened when the Biden administration said it had evidence of a Russian plot to fabricate a pretext for invading Ukraine by staging a bloody genocidal attack that framed Ukrainian forces.