Category: Terrorism

• The Lockerbie Bombing (1988)

  A major Pan Am 103 alternative theory claiming that the destruction of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie was not primarily the result of the later official Libyan case, but of a covert CIA-DEA-linked drug and intelligence pipeline that went catastrophically wrong. In this theory, a protected narcotics route was being used to move drugs or intelligence-linked baggage through normal security channels, allowing a bomb to substitute for or infiltrate a shielded suitcase.

• The Wall Street Bombing (1920) "Inside Job"

  The Wall Street Bombing "Inside Job" theory holds that the September 16, 1920 bombing in New York’s financial district was either staged, facilitated, or politically exploited by authorities in order to intensify anti-radical repression during the First Red Scare. The actual bombing killed 38 people and injured hundreds, and no perpetrator was ever definitively identified. Investigators focused on anarchist suspects, and the attack quickly became part of the wider political climate surrounding bomb scares, deportations, and anti-immigrant repression. Because the case remained unsolved, alternative explanations persisted, including claims that the bombing served as a false-flag event or was allowed to happen in order to justify continuing crackdowns associated with the Palmer-era anti-radical campaign.