![]() ![]() 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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