Let's pretend anyone here has a single organic human brain cell.
Now let's answer this question:
What is more in the government's interest?
People believing that the government controls every act of terrorism and actually WANTS them to happen.
OR
People believing the government was powerless to stop various acts of terrorism

Which one makes the government seem weaker?
Does the government want to appear strong?
So which one is the government going to pay agents and NGOs and contractors to spam about?