Art of War ?? Could well be PENCE was acting as a kind of double agent all along. Trusted by DS/swamp but actually helping POTUS and white hats throughout. Lin, CM putting out disinformation to the end in order to set up for the knock out punch. Indications about for this scenario, especially Lin's tweet about catching moles, Sec Def's praise of Pence, throw off DS by giving envelope at funeral, cozy up to rat Ryan and others…etc. Expect we'll find out later today.
And it could be that was a big part of the plan - it took years to get all this in place and it may well have started way earlier than we ever thought. How to explain Sec Def's recent high praise of Pence as related to very sensitive military operations? We have to consider every possibility.