Maybe I need to take off this tinfoil hat I'm wearing

But would it be within the realm of possibility that Trump and Putin were scheming to gin up a skirmish in Afghanistan - right before the election - greatly enhancing Trump's ability to obtain by fiat a hold on the presidency beyond its expiration date -

and that the intelligence community, aware of the diabolical plot they were hatching, leaked this report to deflect it to the knowing eyes of the American people?

I know, I know.