FT261

The information free-for-all of the Internet in general and the conspiracy theories proliferating on it in particular continue to make our rulers nervous. Back in February 2006 (FT206:19), I noted that the US State Department had begun briefings against conspiracy theories and theorists. And they’re still at it. A State Department official, Todd Leventhal, is doing on-line rubbishing of conspiracy theories. [1] Leventhal has been trying to counter what used to be called “sick think” since the days of the Cold War. [2] But times have changed: Leventhal’s claim that the pools of molten metal found in the rubble of the Twin Towers were aluminium from the planes is immediately shown to be nonsense by a Google search.