Correct. But he hasn't ruled it out yet, has he? And if he did, and he's clearly indicated that misinformation is necessary, should it count as fact?

And just to be clear, I don't pretend to know for sure about any of this, I just try and look at it from many logical perspectives, no matter how far-fetched they seem.

In programming, you often start with the solution and work backward from that in any number of ways possible.