Nov 14th, 2008 · The trial of five men accused of plotting to attack the Fort Dix Army base in New Jersey may hinge on the testimony of a government informant: Mahmoud Omar, an Egyptian national with a checkered past. But defense attorneys say there was no conspiracy, except for the one Omar tried to create.
Oct 3rd, 2008 · New research shows that when people perceive they have no control over a given situation, they are more likely to see illusions, patterns where none exist and even believe in conspiracy theories. The study suggests that people impose imaginary order when no real order can be perceived.
Sep 25th, 2008 · Kgalema Motlanthe is South Africa's new president. The country's parliament elected Motlanthe's after South African President Thabo Mbeki was forced to step down after he was found to be a part of a conspiracy to discredit his former deputy, Jacob Zuma. Ferial Haffajee, of the Mail & Guardian newspaper, offers analysis of the ongoing political situation in South Africa.
Sep 9th, 2008 · In London on Monday, three British men were found guilty of conspiracy to murder in a terrorist bombing plot. But jurors failed to reach a verdict on whether they plotted to blow up multiple trans-Atlantic airliners with liquid explosives disguised as soft drinks.
Sep 4th, 2008 · Former lobbyist Jack Abramoff is sentenced to four years in prison for conspiracy in connection with a highly publicized public corruption case. The scandal involved a number of members of Congress, many of them Republicans, and contributed to several key election defeats in 2006.
Aug 17th, 2008 · In 1898, armed white supremacists overthrew the elected local government in Wilmington, N.C. The coup — the only one in U.S. history — was the culmination of a race riot and grew out of a conspiracy of powerful white Democrats.
Aug 6th, 2008 · A jury of six military officers at Guantanamo Bay convicted Osama bin Laden's driver Salim Hamdan of supporting terrorism in the first war crimes case in the U.S. since World War II. He was cleared of conspiracy charges, but faces the possibility of life in prison.
Aug 6th, 2008 · Salim Hamdan was convicted of providing material support for terrorism but found not guilty of conspiracy by a panel of six military officers at Guantanamo Bay.