Well at least the CIA never talked about killing him [1] and they haven’t had access to unconventional weapons to make murder look like natural death for decades [2].
This guy has already been punished enough. What do they want to accomplish? Bring him to suicide or non recoverable mental illness? Set up a precedent to discourage others? No matter how one sees it, that is not the way.
I wasn't blaming you! All of these article titles suggest that this is a current event. But the articles themselves disclose that it happened in October.
That issue shows up in headlines everywhere. It used to drive me nuts when you'd read "Kind person treats everyone to free lunch" only to find out they only did it that one time. The free lunch is no longer available, but the wording sounds like it is free right now.
Yes, my example is written in humour because I don't have an actual example in front of me. But you've definitely seen this kind of headline before.
Here's a common related pattern: "Famous rock stars die on 27th birthday." It sounds like all famous rock stars die on that special day, but the article is about a specific set of them who died (past tense) only.
[1] https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2021/9/27/22696436/cia... [2] https://sofrep.com/amp/news/the-cia-heart-attack-gun-a-produ...