Well, one can take their pick: deceit, deception, dishonesty, disinformation, distortion, evasion, fabrication, falsehood, fiction, inaccuracy, aspersion, misrepresentation, slander, calumniation, falsification, fib, hyperbole, invention, mendacity, misstatement, prevarication, subterfuge or whopper.
The simple, plain and basic truth is always the best.
And, obtaining the release of Korean Vet's remains is worthy of the truth.
Well, one can take their pick: deceit, deception,... (