'' American Conspiracies : Lies , Lies , and More Dirty Lies That the Government Tells Us '' is a book written by former Governor of Minnesota Jesse Ventura , together with Dick Russell . It was published by Skyhorse Publishing in 2010 . The book presents and discusses conspiracy theories related to several notable events in the history of the United States . Ventura argues that events such as the assassinations of former U.S. Presidents Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy , the assassinations of Martin Luther King , Jr. , Malcolm X and Robert Kennedy , the Watergate scandal , the Jonestown Massacre , the elections of former U.S. President George W. Bush , and the financial crisis of 2007 – 2010 need to be more thoroughly investigated , and discusses an alleged cover-up of events and information related to the September 11 attacks . Ventura cites physical evidence for some of these claims , and invokes eyewitness testimony as well . Much of the book is based on government documents and stories from the back pages of mainstream American media , such as the New York Times , Newsweek and the Washington Post . The book finds common threads tying together the two Kennedy Assassinations , the Watergate burglary , Iran/Contra and even 9/11 . Some of the same actors are implicated in all these events . None of these events led to an investigation by local police , as is required by law . No criminal trials were conducted in any of these cases , that might have led to investigation with subpoena power
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American Conspiracies