American Conspiracies

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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. Initial sales of the book reached 120,000 copies, making the book the top seller for Skyhorse Publishing that year.[1] A second edition of the book was released in 2015 featuring "four or five new conspiracies".[2][3]

Overview

The book presents and discusses

financial crisis of 2007–2010 need to be more thoroughly investigated,[6] and discusses an alleged cover-up of events and information related to the September 11 attacks.[7][8] Ventura claims the same actors were involved in all of these events, contending that none led to an investigation by local police, and no criminal trials were conducted in any of these cases that might have led to investigation with subpoena power.[9][10]

In the book, which is in part based on the TV series Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura,[11] Ventura also claims that a CIA operative worked in Minnesota government during his administration, that he was interviewed by a large group of CIA agents about his successful independent campaign for governor of Minnesota, and that the CIA used double agents that deliberately let themselves get caught at the Watergate complex to bring former U.S. President Richard Nixon down.[12][13]

Critical reception

Writing for

editor in chief Jesse Gordon praised the book, saying it was "a worthwhile read for any American who wants to proudly wear the title of 'citizen'".[16]

Ventura argued that the book was actively "ignored" by mainstream media despite the book being featured for several weeks on The New York Times Best Seller list, as there were few reviews and coverage of the book from news sources.[17]

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  5. ^ Ventura, Jesse (March 9, 2010). "Interview with Jesse Ventura". Larry King Live (Interview). Interviewed by Larry King. CNN. Retrieved April 10, 2023 – via ProQuest.
  6. ^ Buddo, Orville (March 20, 2010). "March Poli-Book Best Sellers". New York Times. Archived from the original on March 21, 2010. Retrieved March 23, 2010.
  7. ^ "Jesse Ventura claims gov't involved in 9/11". MSNBC. March 9, 2010. Archived from the original on 11 March 2010. Retrieved March 23, 2010.
  8. ^ Leonard Lopate (March 11, 2010). "American Conspiracies". The Leonard Lopate Show (Podcast). WNYC. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
  9. The Skeptical Inquirer
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  10. ^ Khan, Riz (March 13, 2010). "Jesse Ventura and US conspiracies". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
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  12. ^ Royce, Graydon (March 22, 2010). "Jesse Ventura, looking over his shoulder". Star Tribune. Archived from the original on 23 March 2010. Retrieved March 23, 2010.
  13. ^ Ronnan, Ken (March 11, 2010). "Ventura talks conspiracy on 'Fox & Friends'". MinnPost. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
  14. The Booklist. Vol. 106, no. 13. pp. 33–34. Retrieved April 10, 2023 – via ProQuest
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  15. ^ Radford, Benjamin (September 8, 2014). "Review of Jesse Ventura's "American Conspiracies"". centerforinquiry.org. Center for Inquiry. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
  16. ^ Gordon, Jesse (October 2010). "American Conspiracies: Lies, Lies, and More Dirty Lies that the Government Tells Us, by Gov. Jesse Ventura". ontheissues.org. On the Issues. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
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