Non-qualifying conspiracy theories

[Paul Mackin]

http://select.nytimes.com/2006/05/08/opinion/08krugman.html?hp

According to Paul Krugman in today's NY Times"

" For the last few years, the term "conspiracy theory" has been used  
primarily to belittle critics of the Bush administration — in  
particular, anyone suggesting that the Bush administration used 9/11  
as an excuse to fight an unrelated war in Iraq."


"But the administration officials who told us that Saddam had an  
active nuclear program and insinuated that he was responsible for  
9/11 weren't part of a covert alliance; they all worked for President  
Bush. The claim that these officials hyped the case for war isn't a  
conspiracy theory; it's simply an assertion that people in a position  
of power abused that position. And that assertion only seems wildly  
implausible if you take it as axiomatic that Mr. Bush and those  
around him wouldn't do such a thing."
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