Where, exactly, is the Sunday Times story "rebutted"?  I see a whole lot of opinion complaining that the story is based on officials' claims, but I see no "rebuttal".  Wikipedia can, and should, state it exactly what is the case here, which is that the story is based on officials' claims.  Conspiracy theorists who think the claims are a deliberate government campaign to disinform the Times and the BBC can then dismiss the story right there, without their imposing their evidence-free view on other readers.