There is a conspiracy among us, one that is poisoning our nation. No one can doubt that the tragic attacks of 9/11 were the result of a conspiracy, heretofore a term disparaged by the mass media when connected to any past event in America—whether the JFK assassination, CIA drug running, or the deaths of church members in Waco.On September 11, 2001, widespread contempt for the word conspiracy was swept away in the attacks on the United States. No longer could a major tragic event be blamed on a lone deranged individual. The question now became who precisely was behind this conspiracy to kill Americans, a question that the US Government has so far failed to provide an adequate answer.According to official pronouncements, the 9/11 conspiracy involved 19 suicidal Middle Eastern Muslim terrorists—their hearts full of hatred for American freedom and democracy—who used small box cutters to hijack four airliners, crashing two into the Twin Towers of New York City's World Trade Center and a third into the Pentagon, near Washington, D.C. The fourth airliner reportedly crashed in western Pennsylvania after passengers attempted to overcome the hijackers. To add insult to injury, this whole incredible “Mission Impossible” operation, which defeated a $400 billion defense system, was under the direction of a devout Muslim cleric from Saudi Arabia using cell phones and a portable computer in a cave in Afghanistan.If this conspiracy theory sounds far-fetched or just too convenient, a closer look at the events of 9/11 reveals a huge number of disturbing and unanswered questions. This also holds true for the aftermath of the event, in which the Bush administration used their customized 9/11 conspiracy theory as a pretext for curtailing the cherished liberties of Americans.