FBI
Conspiracy theories tagged "FBI."
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Boston Marathon Bombing Conspiracy Theories
Examining conspiracy theories surrounding the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing — from false flag allegations to FBI foreknowledge, Craft International operatives, and the Tsarnaev brothers' background.
COINTELPRO — FBI Targeting of Civil Rights Leaders
Confirmed FBI counterintelligence program that surveilled, infiltrated, and disrupted civil rights, socialist, and anti-war organizations — including harassment
Elvis Presley Is Still Alive
The theory that Elvis Presley faked his 1977 death to escape fame. Misspelled tombstone, sightings, and why people still believe the King lives.
FBI Involvement in the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
The theory that the FBI was involved in the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., including COINTELPRO targeting, the 1999 civil trial verdict, and unresolved questions.
January 6 Capitol Attack — False Flag Theory
Theories that the January 6, 2021 Capitol attack was organized by the FBI, Antifa, or Nancy Pelosi as a false flag to frame Trump supporters — investigated and debunked by multiple inquiries.
Russia Collusion as Deep State Hoax
Trump and allies claim the entire Russia investigation was a fabricated 'witch hunt' orchestrated by the deep state using the Steele dossier — a position supported in part by DOJ investigations that found dossier sources were unreliable.
Nikola Tesla's Inventions Suppressed by JP Morgan / Edison
J.P. Morgan reportedly pulled funding for Tesla's Wardenclyffe Tower when he realized it might enable free wireless electricity transmission, destroying Tesla financially. FBI seized his papers upon death.
Waco Siege and the Branch Davidians
The 1993 Waco siege killed 76 Branch Davidians including 25 children. The government says David Koresh started the fire. FLIR footage, autopsy evidence, and destroyed evidence suggest otherwise.
Anna Chapman — Russian Sleeper Agent Network in the US
In 2010, the FBI arrested 10 Russian SVR agents living as ordinary Americans — the largest spy ring bust since the Cold War, ending in a dramatic spy swap
COINTELPRO Tactics Still Active Today?
COINTELPRO was officially shut down in 1971. But evidence of continued FBI infiltration of protest movements — BLM, Muslim communities, environmental groups — suggests the playbook never really went away.
D.B. Cooper: The Unsolved Hijacking
The only unsolved skyjacking in US aviation history: in 1971, a man called D.B. Cooper hijacked a Boeing 727, collected $200,000 ransom, and parachuted into oblivion.
FBI Entrapment Operations
Documented FBI sting operations where informants manufactured terrorist plots, from the Newburgh Four to the Whitmer kidnapping case. A confirmed pattern.
FBI Secret Society Conspiracy
Based on a single text message between FBI agents Peter Strzok and Lisa Page referencing a 'secret society,' Republicans and Trump amplified this into a claim that senior FBI agents met off-site to plot against Trump — the agent who coined the term said it was an obvious joke.
2017 Las Vegas Shooting Conspiracy Theories
60 dead, 411 wounded, and the FBI still can't determine a motive. The Las Vegas massacre's unanswered questions and the conspiracy theories they spawned.
Malcolm X Assassination Conspiracy
The conspiracy surrounding Malcolm X's 1965 assassination, including the 2021 exoneration of two wrongly convicted men, evidence of FBI and NYPD informants at the scene, and questions about the full extent of government involvement in his murder.
Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination Conspiracy
The conspiracy theory that James Earl Ray did not act alone in assassinating Martin Luther King Jr., supported by the 1999 civil trial in which a Memphis jury found that a conspiracy involving government agencies was responsible for King's death.
Nikola Tesla Was Murdered for His Secrets
The theory that Tesla was murdered in his New York hotel room in January 1943 and that the FBI seized his papers containing revolutionary weapons and energy technology to prevent them from reaching enemy hands or the public.
Lee Harvey Oswald as Patsy
Examining the theory that Lee Harvey Oswald was framed for the JFK assassination, from his intelligence connections and Soviet defection to Jack Ruby's silencing shot.
Robert Hanssen -- FBI Agent Spying for KGB/SVR
FBI counterintelligence agent Robert Hanssen sold intelligence to Soviet/Russian intelligence for 22 years, described as possibly the worst intelligence disaster in US history.
Ruby Ridge
At Ruby Ridge in 1992, US Marshals killed a 14-year-old boy and the FBI shot a mother holding her baby. The government was found at fault, paid $3.1M, and the incident radicalized the American militia movement.
Spygate — Obama Spied on the Trump Campaign
The 'Spygate' claim that Obama ordered the FBI to spy on Trump's 2016 campaign. Crossfire Hurricane, the Steele dossier, FISA warrants, and the IG report examined.
TWA Flight 800 Conspiracy Theories
230 people died when TWA Flight 800 exploded over the Atlantic in 1996. Over 700 witnesses saw a streak of light. The official story says faulty wiring. Not everyone agrees.
J. Edgar Hoover Murdered for His Files
Hoover died on May 2, 1972 — five weeks before Watergate. He ran the FBI for 48 years, kept blackmail files on every president, and his death was suspiciously convenient. Natural causes? Maybe.
Loyd Jowers & Government MLK Conspiracy
Restaurant owner Loyd Jowers claimed he was part of a plot to kill Martin Luther King Jr. A 1999 civil jury agreed. The DOJ disagreed. The truth remains one of America's most contested questions.
Marilyn Monroe, JFK & State Secrets
Examining the theory that Marilyn Monroe was murdered because of her affairs with President John F. Kennedy and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, and her alleged knowledge of state secrets including UFOs, Cuba, and Mob connections.
Tesla's Death Ray & Teleforce Weapon
Claims that Tesla invented a particle beam 'death ray' in the 1930s, and that after his death in 1943 the FBI seized all his papers — with the technology either lost, suppressed, or reverse-engineered into modern weapons.