Now let’s look at the motives of our own intelligence agencies, which did not produce the current dossier but which have allegedly found it credible enough to summarize, adding a warning to Trump that Moscow has dirt on him. On the one hand, they want to stay professional and credible, and that means getting things right, regardless of personal feelings. On the other hand, they undoubtedly dislike Trump, since the man has repeatedly insulted them, and revenge is in the air. As Chuck Schumer told Rachel Maddow, “You take on the intelligence community, they have six ways from Sunday at getting back at you.” Is that conspiratorial? Of course it is. But so is everything else surrounding this story. There’s conspiracy one way or another.