Right off the bat, in your very own post you completely steal my basic theme.
You are forgiven.
Indeed, how convenient that it is that the Government is illegally putting out information that supports it's Lone Wolf version of events. Color me skeptical.
OTHO, I really doubt if even The One has the power to control the data flowing from Chechnya and/or Dagestan. So I think we will learn the truth despite the efforts of the Administration to suppress it. But of course we are the 5%. For the other 95% it is doubtful.
The anonymous “officials” in this story are likely in the White House rather than law enforcement.