[Mi-kha-el]

There have been occasional, brief news-media references to, but no details of, Kerry's controversial testimony to a U.S. Senate committee.

There is nothing "controversial" about corrupting the troops in time of war. Same tactics the bolshevics used during WW1, whose main slogan was "Defeat of our own government". They sent propagandists to the frontlines to agitate among the troops aimed at bringing down the morale. Their activities were not considered "controversial", when caught they were shot on site. However, they achieved their goal. Everybody knows what came next.

[arasina]

They sent propagandists to the frontlines to agitate among the troops aimed at bringing down the morale.

You mean like this?