They Were Just Horribly Misled.

https://english.news.cn/20230313/fc3d7234896b4ba7a6ce1ff75e8ab6cd/c.html

https://twitterwithbraincells.blogspot.com/2023/03/shakes-head-cia-really-need-to.html

We can only hope they're taking appropriate steps to make sure that it never happens to them again.