I would be careful to ascribe too much competence to the governments in question. I don't think anyone is looking to use it to distract us for some bigger purpose. These are self-serving parasites, and their biggest concern is to make sure their skins are preserved after the decades of crimes they committed.

This has been building over decades of leaks and small disclosures. It only seems sudden because it finally reached a melting point where it boiled over into the mainstream.