OpinionFebruary 6, 2024
State Secrecy Explains the Origins of the ‘Deep State’ Conspiracy Theory
Lost in today’s misinformation fights is the recognition that modern conspiracy theories spring from excesses of state secrecy
Stories by Simon Willmetts
Simon Willmetts is associate professor of intelligence and security at Leiden University in the Netherlands. He is the author of In Secrecy's Shadow: The OSS and CIA in Hollywood Cinema 1941–1979.