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Federal Bureau of Investigation

Appears in 62 files

Federal Bureau of Investigation appears across 62 documented theories on Conspiracy Wiki, most connected to J. Edgar Hoover and United States Department of Justice.

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Black Panther Fred Hampton Hit — Ran the COINTELPRO operations that targeted Hampton and worked through informant infiltration to assist the raid.
The Baltimore Bridge (2024) Cyber-Attack — Opened a criminal probe, which conspiracy readers treated as evidence of deeper causality.
The RFK Assassination (1968) Second Gun — Maintained extensive assassination files that later became central reference material in renewed disputes.
Ruby Ridge — Agency whose HRT deployment and special rules of engagement anchor the theory.
J. Edgar Hoover and the Mafia — Directed away from organised crime for decades, then reversed after Apalachin
George Van Tassel and the Integratron — Opened a file after a May 1954 complaint about the group and concluded it was harmless
The Charlie Chaplin Soviet Code — Institution that treated Chaplin as politically suspect and helped sustain the impression that his work carried hidden ideological significance.
Ted Cruz and the Zodiac Killer — Maintains the underlying public case history of the Zodiac murders that became the criminal backdrop for the meme
The Death of Lindsey Graham — Assisted local authorities following the death; declined to elaborate on the nature of that assistance
Marilyn Monroe and the Kennedys — Holder of Monroe-related files later cited in discussions of political concern and surveillance.
The Waco FLIR Conspiracy — Possessed and managed the FLIR materials central to the controversy.
The Hitler in Argentina Sightings — Preserved files containing multiple alleged Hitler survival reports and sightings.
The Janet Reno Mind-Control — Used psychological pressure methods during the standoff, which later theory expanded into mind-control claims.
The Chennault Affair (1968) — Wiretapped the South Vietnamese embassy and surveilled Chennault on Johnson's order
The Claim That Stephen King Shot John Lennon — Opened a file on Lennon in 1971 and sought grounds for his deportation in 1972
Watergate — Initial investigation — hampered by cover-up
The COINTELPRO Infiltration — Agency at the center of the surveillance, informant, and counterintelligence claims.
Oklahoma City: The Unresolved Questions — Led the investigation; defendant in the Trentadue FOIA litigation
The Marilyn Monroe Murder (1962) — Maintained files on Monroe’s associates and activities, feeding later suspicion about intelligence interest around her life.
The Einstein Spy Theory — Maintained extensive records on Einstein that later fed claims of espionage or concealed strategic danger.
JFK Assassination — Investigation / alleged cover-up
The 1993 World Trade Center Bombing and the Informant Tapes — Ran Salem, ended the arrangement in 1992, and rehired him after the bombing
Ray Epps and the January 6 False Flag — Published Epps's photograph on its Capitol Violence site and later removed it; stated he "was not and never has been an asset of the bureau"
Majestic 12 — Investigated and deemed documents bogus
Malcolm X and the FBI — Maintained the extensive files and surveillance environment at the center of the theory.
The Hitler Escape (1945) — Received and preserved numerous reports claiming Hitler had survived after 1945.
Fingerprint Forgery — Cast in conspiracy versions as the institution capable of accessing prints and planting fabricated evidence.
The Hoover Files Blackmail — Institution through which Hoover’s personal and confidential file system was maintained.
The Poisoned Victory Gardens — Investigated real wartime saboteurs, helping sustain the broader atmosphere of suspicion.
The U-Boat Base in the Amazon — Handled and circulated reports about suspected German operations and rumored bases in the Amazon region.
The Roswell Incident (1947) — Preserved one of the key 1947 records summarizing the recovered object as balloon-like with a radar reflector.
Kansas City Political Machine — Institution involved in later election-fraud cases that confirmed the machine’s corruption.
Hollywood Ten Secret Scripts — Tracked and assessed alleged communist influence in film and broader entertainment culture.
Zodiac Killer as a Group — Maintains records on the Zodiac case and represents the enduring official framework of an unsolved serial-killer investigation.
The Las Vegas (2017) Multiple Shooters — Federal agency whose lone-shooter conclusion is treated by the theory as incomplete or protective.
The Postage Stamp Spies — Often named in popular versions of the theory as a likely user of covert genetic collection methods.
The Passport Miracle — Lead investigative body associated with the passport evidence chain.
The Kurt Cobain Murder (1994) — Released a later file showing public requests for a homicide investigation but no federal takeover.
White House Vince Foster Murder (1993) — Investigated Foster’s death and later released files now central to both official and alternative narratives.
The FaceApp (2019) Russian Aging — Its later statement about Russian-developed apps became an important reference point for the theory.
The BitCoin (2013) Silk Road Harvest — Agency most often named in the theory as the creator or strategic manager of Silk Road.
The Parallel Construction Plot — Later drawn in through reporting showing use of similar concealment practices.
Richard Jewell Atlanta Olympics Bombing (1996) Patsy — Investigative agency at the center of both the public suspicion of Jewell and the later identification of Rudolph.
The Babushka Lady — Organization alleged in some versions to have taken possession of the missing film.
The Oklahoma City (1995) Second Bomb — Led the official investigation and concluded the bombing was the result of the truck bomb attributed to McVeigh and Nichols.
The TWA 800 Missile Theory — Participated because terrorism was considered early in the investigation.
Stolen Uranium: The Apollo, Pennsylvania NUMEC Affair — Conducted long-running inquiries into NUMEC personnel and possible diversion.
The Aztec Crash (1948) — Later clarified that the Hottel memo cited in UFO culture did not prove a New Mexico saucer recovery.
The Anthrax Attacks (2001) Inside Job — Led the Amerithrax investigation and built the case around a domestic biodefense source.
The Boston Marathon Craft Mercenaries Theory — Led the federal investigation and released visual evidence identifying the Tsarnaev brothers.
Bigfoot and the CIA — Its released Bigfoot file is often used as circumstantial evidence that federal agencies took the creature more seriously than they admit.
The Dancing Israelis — Investigated the men and thereby provided the documentary trail that sustains the story.
The G-Man Propaganda — The institution whose public image was elevated through coordinated press and entertainment relationships.
The Columbine Third Shooter — Produced later work highlighting misinformation surrounding Columbine.
The Jimmy Hoffa Concrete — Investigated Hoffa’s disappearance and repeatedly examined tips tied to burial and disposal rumors.
The Japanese Map-Makers — Investigated the Kuehn espionage case and preserved records that documented a real household signaling method in Hawaii.
The Lindbergh Baby Cover-up — Federal investigative body drawn into the case and later official summary.
The Majestic 12 (MJ-12) — Reviewed circulating MJ-12 material and preserved a file in which the document was treated as bogus.
The MLK Assassination (1968) Loyal Order — Agency whose prior surveillance of King made it central to later conspiracy narratives.
Tupac and Biggie FBI War — Federal agency said by the theory to have monitored, manipulated, or benefited from the feud’s escalation.
Tupac is Alive (1996+) — Maintains Tupac-related records and Assata Shakur fugitive materials that feed the theory’s documentary edge.
COINTELPRO — Program operator

Connected Figures & Organizations

J. Edgar Hoover · 10 shared
United States Department of Justice · 7 shared
Central Intelligence Agency · 5 shared
John F. Kennedy · 3 shared
National Archives and Records Administration · 3 shared
Robert F. Kennedy · 3 shared
Janet Reno · 3 shared
Adolf Hitler · 2 shared
Harry S. Truman · 2 shared
Richard Nixon · 2 shared
National Transportation Safety Board · 2 shared
MI5 · 2 shared

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