He says the common ideas about straw houses continue, including stories about the threat of fire.

VOA: special.2009.10.05

Last year, a number of other candidates, including 2011 Iowa straw poll winner Michelle Bachmann, as well as other national security and public policy figures, lent their names to the Peace Through Strength Platform, and its objective of applying that Reagan philosophy to contemporary challenges.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

Mr Shayler hit the headlines in 1997, when he made a series of claims about the activities of MI5, including revelations that it had kept files on current politicians, including Home Secretary Jack Straw.

BBC: david shayler

This time around there are 23 names on the straw poll ballot, including some who were not invited to CPAC.

CNN: Possible 2016 candidates make CPAC pilgrimage