Government Conspiracy: Difference between revisions

** The Iran-Contra Affair, an elaborate three-way deal between the CIA, Iran, and a band of Nicaraguan rebels. To be brief, the CIA sold weapons to Iran in exchange for cash and hostages, then funneled much of the proceeds into the pockets of the Contras—all well and good, if it weren't illegal.

*** Actually, it was a case of [[Loophole Abuse]]. The law forbade US government funds being appropriated in Congress to aid the Contras. The CIA's response: 'Technically speaking, if Iran wants to send money to the Contras that's not US government funds appropriated by Congress -- even if they are doing it because we're paying them in kind, and even if we're helping them move the money.'

** And of course the stories of the U.S. government (Specifically the CIA) involvement in the complicit smuggling, and selling of cocaine through third parties, which supplied the drug dealers on the street and which caused the crack epidemic that hit the inner cities hard. Supposedly it helped fund illegal operations elsewhere, like the above Contras.

** [[Kick the Dog|Probably one of the sickest conspiracies ever]] was the Tuskegee Experiment, wherein US Health Officials willingly and readily prevented African-American men from getting aid for syphilis, which even at the time the experiment was performed was treatable, just to see what effect the disease would have as time went on (nevermind the fact that humanity had known about syphilis and its effects for centuries, if not longer).