Just an observation: The flat-earth retards are back in full force.
The only strategic reason I can surmise that the black-hats would do this is to try as hard as they can to taint the wider public perception of the population of this board as idiots who would believe such a thing. Additionally, they can claim this in the media by referencing their own posts on the subject.
Since they were gone for so long and are now suddenly back with a vengeance, this suggests to me that there was a recent decision that:
THIS WAS THE BEST PLAN THEY HAVE.
They're so fucked.
Message to the criminals: You will be safer in jail. You're just digging your holes deeper.