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On this day in conspiracies
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- 1998Gary Webb's Dark AllianceGovernment & Intelligence
The CIA Inspector General's Volume I (the California Story), supervised by Frederick Hitz, is released in unclassified form. It examines the specific figures named by Webb and finds a more complicated picture than the series drew, while confirming genuine ties between the traffickers and Contra support activity.
- 2013Gongadze murderGovernment & Intelligence
A Kyiv court convicts Pukach of Gongadze's murder and sentences him to life imprisonment. The court declines to make any binding finding against Kuchma or other senior figures. A separate criminal case opened against Kuchma in 2011 had already collapsed after a court ruled the Melnychenko recordings inadmissible.
- 2024Taylor Swift psyopHoaxes & Pop Culture
Former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy posts on X wondering aloud whether the Super Bowl outcome and a coming endorsement from an “artificially culturally propped-up couple” are being staged. The post is widely mocked but pushes the rigged-game version further into the mainstream conversation.
- 2024Where is Kate?Hoaxes & Pop Culture
Kensington Palace says Catherine has returned home to Windsor to continue her recovery. No public appearances are scheduled, and with Parliament and the royal diary quiet, weeks pass with no new images or statements.
Drawn from 1,999 dated events across our case-file timelines. Dates reckoned in UTC.