Kinda seems relevant so I'll ask here:
Anyone seen the movie Zeitgeist? You can watch it on google video, it's just at about 2 hours long and discusses first the mythology behind Christianity (not relevant), then the conspiracy behind 9/11 and then our government's plan for eventual world control, which starts by using fear tactics to get people to go along with giving up liberties for "security". The whole nuclear scare seems like it could be another part of the whole make people afraid thing, ya know?