Egg meets face: One bizarro bomb story goes "poof"

Yesterday, we discussed the strange assertions attributed to one Peter Power. No, that's not the name of a porn actor -- he's a crisis management consultant in Britain. According to a story on the Alex Jones website, Power

...was running a 1,000 person strong exercise which drilled the London Underground being bombed at the exact same locations, at the exact same times, as happened in real life.

Moreover, the Jones account alleged that Power's firm functioned as a cover for "government terrorists."

Rather large claims. Jones backed them up with links to BBC interviews.

An interesting blog named Wagnews (a site previously unknown to me, until Xymphora linked to it) sets the record straight. To put the matter very briefly, Alex Jones seems to have misrepresented his source material. What happened in London did not recapitulate the "Vigilant Guardian" exercise on 9/11.

A reader has already slapped my wrist -- correctly -- for placing even momentary faith in an article co-written by the conspiracy-minded Jones. That man's love of a good scare seems to have overcome his common sense. And not for the first time.

How (you may ask) could I possibly be guilty of such a lapse in judgment? And will such lapses occur in the future?

I'd love to answer those questions. Unfortunately, these inquiries arise in the context of an ongoing investigation. Since I am doing everything possible to cooperate with the investigators, it would be inappropriate for me to comment further at this time.