And as to Baxter, why does every suicide in the government attract moths like conspiracy theorists flocking around a pool of blood?

here is something about that...

the Sunday NYTimes mag.. The NY times does demand cookies,and registration, and its an 8 page article so i am not going to copy, but it is an interesting artile on conspiracy theory.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/11/magazine/11COINCIDENCE.html