First, it was supposed to be video of North Koreans inside of Syria’s alleged nuke facility. Then it turned out the “video” was really just the intel community’s own presentation, which contained still photographs.

Now Reuters seems to knock the story back another notch:

A U.S. official, who asked not to be named because he was not authorized to discuss classified matters, said that among the intelligence the United States has was an image of what appeared to be people of Korean descent at the facility.

“Appeared to be people of Korean descent”?

As a friend of the site wondered in a email a little while ago: “I’m not sure how one would recognize NKs in photos…’Hard Rock CafÃ© Pyongyang’ T-shirts?”

Late Update: The Financial Times offers a more definitive account from a source: