num_pages: 288
description: From the conspiracy world - where pigs can fly, written in the early 1990s, this book may be a progenitor of the species  Conspiracy book aficionados will applaud the reappearance of  Trail of the Octopus . If not perhaps the Mother of the  genre , it is certainly a classic, with all of the established Iran, Iraq, Libya, Cypress, DEA, CIA, DIA, Justice Dept., drugs trafficking, Contras, Pan Am, Lockerbie, Bin Ladin, strange deaths, finger-pointing, perjury, media all the elements that have come to define the species. Curiously, the expression "conspiracy theory" is itself the subject of a conspiracy theory, which claims the term was popularized by the CIAin order to discredit conspiratorial believers. Brought back to life by Steve Berry's 2013 novel  The King's Deception , this edition is faithful to the authors' intent, it has corrected some typos and errors. It contains 8 illustrations, 16 documents, and an index. 
language: English
title: The Trail of the Octopus: The Dea-CIA Cover-Up at Lockerbie
titlecomplete: The Trail of the Octopus: The Dea-CIA Cover-Up at Lockerbie
genres: Nonfiction, Politics
ratings_count: 29
publisher: Argonaut Press