![]() ![]() Iran-contra was a conspiracy of immense scope, much of it still uncovered. The Watergate break-in was a conspiracy, as was the Watergate cover-up, which led to Nixon’s downfall. Conspiracies are a matter of public record, and some are of real political significance. ![]() People go to jail for committing conspiratorial acts. But it does not logically follow that all conspiracies are imaginary.Ĭonspiracy is a legitimate concept in law: the collusion of two or more people pursuing illegal means to effect some illegal or immoral end. There are people who believe that the United States has been invaded by a secret United Nations army equipped with black helicopters, or that the country is secretly controlled by Jews or gays or feminists or black nationalists or communists or extraterrestrial aliens. To be sure, wacko conspiracy theories do exist. “Almost as an article of faith, some individuals believe that conspiracies are either kooky fantasies or unimportant aberrations. ![]()
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