The Anatomy of a Conspiracy

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Andrew Bustamante

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🗓️ 18 November 2020

⏱️ 18 minutes

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It's never wise to laugh off a conspiracy too quickly. History has given us enough examples of conspiracies proven true that we would be wise to listen before we laugh. But what makes a conspiracy happen in the first place? In this episode, Andrew cuts to the heart of conspiracy too show you where conspiracy theories come from and how they grow. And if you are ready to take a conspiracy challenge, visit EverydaySpy.com/live to test your skills.

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0:00.0	My name is Andrew Bustamante, and this is everyday espionage.
0:07.0	Freedom! Freedom! Freedom Freedom There was a secret
0:30.6	there was a secret report that was delivered to the select committee of intelligence that belonged with the U.S. Senate.
0:42.0	That document was actually created as a result of a series of conspiracy theories that the federal
0:48.6	government couldn't confirm or deny, all of which involved CIA and CIA's involvement in foreign leader assassinations
0:57.9	around the world. So on November 18, 1975, there was a document, an interim report that was
1:07.8	handed over to the Selects Intelligence Committee, and it was titled
1:11.5	the alleged assassination plots involving foreign leaders, created by the intelligence agencies
1:19.2	of the United States and delivered to the United States Senate.
1:23.4	Now, inside this document, which is a significant document that was just released in 2017, there's a
1:30.8	breakdown of CIA involvement in assassination attempts on foreign dignitaries, foreign leaders from
1:37.7	around the world.
1:38.3	And it basically states what was real, what, in fact, had U.S. CIA involvement, and which plots did not, which were just
1:47.8	conspiracy theories that were unfounded in fact. But the thing that's really fascinating is in the
1:54.1	first third of this document, you come to a summary of conclusions. And inside that summary of
1:59.0	conclusions, they say the following.
2:02.0	The committee investigated alleged United States involvement in assassination plots and confirmed
2:08.3	involvement in these five foreign countries. And the five foreign countries listed are,
2:13.6	probably not surprising, Cuba, Congo, which was known as Zaire at the time, the Dominican
2:20.2	Republic, Chile, and South Vietnam. Essentially, what this document was confirming to the Senate
2:27.6	in 1975 is that, yes, CIA was unilaterally choosing to involve itself in assassination attempts against foreign leaders outside of the Senate's knowledge in the 70s and the 60s.
2:42.4	The document was also saying how those plots were being created, how they were being executed, and who was involved in those plots as well as whether they were
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