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10 FILESGovernment & Political Coverups
Assassinations, covert programs, manufactured pretexts, and the paper trails that transformed suspicion into history.
Which doubts survived investigation—and which investigations created new doubts?
43The JFK AssassinationSix decades of records have not ended disputes over Oswald, intelligence agencies, organized crime, and Dealey Plaza.Contested44The Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.A guilty plea did not settle questions created by FBI hostility, witness disputes, and a later civil verdict.Contested45The RFK AssassinationBallistics, audio analysis, and Sirhan Sirhan's memory remain central to claims of a second gunman.Contested46Operation NorthwoodsThe Joint Chiefs proposed fabricated or staged incidents to build support for action against Cuba.Documented core47COINTELPROThe FBI infiltrated and disrupted political organizations while concealing tactics from the public.Documented core48Operation GladioSecret stay-behind networks prepared for Soviet occupation; allegations link parts of the system to domestic violence.Documented core49The Gulf of Tonkin IncidentA reported second attack helped expand the Vietnam War even though later analysis found it did not occur as described.Documented core50Iran–ContraOfficials secretly sold arms and diverted proceeds while public policy and congressional restrictions said otherwise.Documented core51NSA Mass SurveillancePrograms dismissed as implausible became matters of public record after documentary disclosures.Documented core52Alternative 9/11 NarrativesForeknowledge, intelligence failures, building collapses, and the official response form several distinct theories—not one.Contested