The Conspiracists' War - Inside the shadow briefings that linked Venezuela, stolen-election claims, and real-world killings at sea.

As the U.S. masses thousands of Marines and sailors and a Navy flotilla in the Caribbean, launching airstrikes on Venezuelan speedboats that have killed 21 people, it’s worth asking a question few others are: Are we drifting toward war because the president believes Venezuela helped steal the 2020 election? Some of the same figures whose claims about Venezuela’s role in stealing elections have been rejected in court have been providing the Trump administration with intelligence about Venezuelan threats—a narrative much of the U.S. intelligence community views as not credible but that has nonetheless gained traction in the White House. Among...