I love conspiracy theories, but also try to stay away from them because many are just...well, dumb.
When you have a guy speaking out against the "DoD" policy and people are trying to silence a private citizen's opinion, not some dude still in uniform, but a private citizen, there's a problem. Shit like this gives rise to conspiracy theories. When stuff like the above happens, it becomes harder and harder to push back against the "crazy" people and can even make one think the "crazies" were on to something all along.