some pro-/7rance-Formation-of-America sentiments. Not surprising—part of the book’ s thesis is that mind control is part of the New World Order plot.” The predecessor of this whole non-literary genre was 7he Contro/ of Candy Jones, published in 1976. Jones was a highly successful model supposedly transformed into a CIA Manchurian Candidate. The book was ghostwritten by her husband, a carnival hypnotist and late-night radio talk- show host “Long John” Nebel. His friend, stage magician and psychic debunker James “The Amazing” Randi, told me that Nebel made up the entire book because he needed money. When | mentioned this to Walter Bowart, author of Operation Mind Control, he insisted that Randi himself was an intelligence agent. Amazing, indeed. kok # There’ s a= mini-ballroom at the Convention Center where conspiracy books, audio and videotapes are being sold. A man wearing a space suit is hawking an Alien Abduction Survival Kit. Another vendor is selling aura cameras. And, for some incongruous reason, a woman is coning—that is, getting the wax out of a prone client’ s ears with the aid of a burning candle and a tin pie-pate. At a booth offering “Free HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015245