I suppose I leaped to a conclusion myself, and engaged in some wild speculation that upon further consideration, is currently baseless. I commented with incomplete information, shooting my mouth off as it were.
My comments from this morning were ill-considered, and I suppose I may be too willing to imagine a conspiracy behind such an assassination attempt. I am working on writing a novel and allowed my imagination to run with it.
As for my underlying assumptions, I never underestimate the depravity of statists. Though I may at times overestimate their level of organization.