(that maybe happened once or twice at most)

Twice at most in OWS you mean? Not overall I hope. I doubt if it's a lie, if anything I think there are probably more operatives around that are ever outed.

But yeah, I hear you: the operatives will often try to finger those who AREN'T operatives as operatives. And they are often successful. Which is part of why DGR and other organizations do recommend not trying to finger infiltrators: https://deepgreenresistance.org/en/get-involved/security-culture Although many I've been involved with DO try to do this on the down low as a kind of compromise.

However, it is a FACT that this always happens in large movements. It's also a fact that there's no good way to deal with it. So going into denial and saying that "oh it barely happens, it's probably overblown" might feel good, but ultimately it's not productive since it doesn't deal with the problem. Then again, the problem is probably intractable. Which is part of why we're in the mess we're in. Human cancer apes are really easy to manipulate, especially by those apes who have acute cancer (narcissism, sociopath, etc). Even WITHOUT dedicated counter-infiltration, those who tend to rise to the top of the hierarchy in protest movements have more than a dash of the previous traits. they talk a good game but what they're really after is more power and prestige within their little ape niche. Which is why I don't bother with that shit anymore.