of Johnson's blog, Johnson deleted the article without apology. Allegations that British intelligence wiretapped Donald Trump In March 2017, Andrew Napolitano spread the unfounded conspiracy theory that GCHQ, one of Britain's top intelligence agencies, had wiretapped Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential campaign on orders from President Obama. Johnson was the source for Napolitano's claim. The conspiracy theory was later asserted as fact by President Trump, with him citing Fox News and Napolitano. GCHQ responded, stating that the claims were "nonsense, utterly ridiculous and should be ignored". Fox News later disavowed the statement by Napolitano. Notes References Bearden, Milt, and Larry Johnson. "A Glimpse at the Alliances of Terror." The New York Times 7 November 2000: 29. Iraq and the War on Terror. Frontline PBS. Online featured programs. Accessed 19 November 2006. Johnson, Larry C.. "The Declining Terrorist Threat." The New York Times 10 July 2001:A19. –––. "The Myth of Terrorism, Part Deux." No Quarter (personal blog) 2 July 2006, accessed 19 November 2006. –––. "Setting the Record Straight on Iraqi Terrorism," posted in Booman Tribune: A Progressive Community (personal blog) 27 January 2003. Accessed 19 November 2006. –––. "Stories by Larry C. Johnson." AlterNet. (Indexed archive with hyperlinks.) Accessed 20 November 2006. –––. "Vindicated At Last, Thank You General Barr" posted in Sic Semper Tyrannis (blog of W. Patrick Lang) 11 April 2019. Olbermann, Keith. "'Countdown with Keith Olbermann' for April 25: Read the transcript to the Tuesday show." Guests: Larry Johnson, Greg Mitchell, Rick Klein, Jerry Della Femina, Paul Mooney. Countdown with Keith Olbermann MSNBC 25 April 2006. Transcript posted on MSNBC on 26 April 2006. Accessed 19 November 2006. Schmitt, Gary. "Meet Larry Johnson: The CIA official Turned Democratic Spokesman Has a Pre-9/11 Mindset." Daily Standard (blog) 25 July 2005. Accessed November 20, 2006. York, Byron. "NR/Digital: The Media: Mr. Counterterrorism Guru: He Says He’s Not, But Others Say He Is." National Review Online 5 June 2006. Accessed 19 November 2006. External links Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Writers from Independence, Missouri American male bloggers American bloggers American anti–Iraq War activists American political commentators American political writers American male writers American broadcast news analysts People of the Central Intelligence Agency People associated with the Plame affair University of Missouri alumni 21st-century American non-fiction writers