I have a pretty good ear, and have heard the thing read on the radio by a couple of different hosts, and it comes off as completely fabricated by someone trying to sound “on the inside”, but really isn’t.
There are too many civil service punks in DC who get away with lying, leaking, plus flat out creating lies/false stories about those they are supposed to serve. These liars are very creative. Here in Nashville one VA nurse made up a series of lies about me and even claimed my wife said X. Fact is my wife never went there with me back then. I quit the damn VA years back as they will kill you. Senior Vets, even CAT 1’s with SMC like I am, can do much better with BCBS Diamond Advantage for $217 a month. What is $500 total a month for medicine, surgeries, etc.? I had two private MD’s who had worked at VA’s tell me the VA would kill me.