CONSPIRANCY SCHEMES
Added on: 15th Feb 2016
THE US IS SECRETLY SELLING WEAPONS TO IRAN
Now known as the Iran-Contra affair, during Reagan’s second term
it was revealed that senior officials were in fact secretly selling
weapons to Iran and funding the Contras in Nicaragua.
THE CIA HAS SECRET PRISONS
Known as “black sites”, before President Bush acknowledged their
existence in 2006, NGOs and human rights groups were
adamant about claiming they existed.
THE KGB WAS INVOLVED IN THE
KENNEDY ASSASSINATION
But probably not the way that you think. When a former KGB
official defected to the UK in 1992, he brought along several
documents that are now known as the Mitrokhin Archive. One of
the things detailed in these papers was the fact that the KGB
had attempted to spread misinformation about the Kennedy
assassination. As part of their war with the CIA they were
actually trying to spread conspiracy theories.
THE US STARTED FIGHTING IN VIETNAM
DUE TO A "GHOST ATTACK"
Now known as the Gulf of Tonkin incident, in 1964 several
Vietnamese vessels fired on American ships. This was the official
start of the conflict between the two nations. What had actually
happened was that American warships fired on something they
assumed was an enemy vessel during the night. The next day
it became clear that the “enemy vessels” were simply due to
bad weather. By that point, however, the US was already in
full retaliation mode. In 2005 the NSA acknowledged that although
they knew the attack was bogus, because the wheels of war
had already started turning, they just let it go.
THE WWE IS SCRIPTED
So this one might not come as a surprise, but in 2013 a Reddit
user by the name of Dolphins1925 began releasing the winners
for every single match beforehand. Just in case you need any
proof to convince your hard-core friends…
THE CIA INFLUENCES THE MEDIA
Operation Mockingbird was a secret campaign that was started in
the 1950’s by the CIA with the intention of influencing the media.
WEALTHY BUSINESSMEN ARE TRYING TO
OVERTHROW THE US GOVERNMENT
In what has come to be known as the Business Plot, Major General
Smedley Butler testified before congress that several
businessmen were trying to recruit him to overthrow the government
and install a dictatorship. It was largely dismissed as hearsay
and nobody was prosecuted although most historians agree
that there was at least talk of a plot.
THE FBI CONSPIRES AGAINST CIVIL ACTIVISTS
Successfully kept secret until 1971, COINTELPRO (COunter
INTELligence PROgram) was an FBI project intended to discredit
and infiltrate various political organizations.
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