The first elaborated theories appeared in Europe. One week after the attacks, the "inside job" theory was the subject of a thesis by a researcher from the French National Centre for Scientific Research published in "Le Monde". Other theories sprang from the far corners of the globe within weeks. Six months after the attacks, Thierry Meyssan's piece on 9/11, "L'Effroyable Imposture", topped the French bestseller list. Its publication in English (as "") received little attention, but it remains one of the principal sources for "trutherism". 2003 saw the publication of "The CIA and September 11" by former German state minister Andreas von Bülow and "Operation 9/11" by the German journalist Gerhard Wisnewski; both books are published by Mathias Bröckers, who was at the time an editor at the German newspaper "Die Tageszeitung".