dear internet, it is not a question of IF there are or ever were large conspiracies that involved fraud, death, and billions of dollars. As just one example, there's the hullabaloo over the Bank of Credit and Commerce International... BCCI( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_Credit_and_Commerce_International). that in itself was a transnational conspiracy to control global banking and successfully abscond with billions of dollars. but then again, you have so many supposed conspiracies like the assassination of presidents, government-sponsored mind control, the illuminati, and of course scientology. where do you draw the line? just how much do you believe, and to what extent, that your own government might be involved in some conspiracy?