CNN and Time magazine are forced to retract their reports under pressure from the US military, the CIA and figures such as Kissinger, Helms and Colin Powell. The two reporters who brought us the story stand by it and are fired. An independent review by CNN however acknowledges that the reporters conscientiously and honestly amassed a considerable basis of evidence to support their conclusions, and that the confidential sources interviewed by the reporters were reputable.
I thought I remember reading something about this story being totally false, go I googled it. Apparently it was Newsweek that totally debunked this story. Not the US military, CIA, etc. Of course, the site doesn't bother to point this out, instead preferring some vast conspiracy.