Heck of  a large conspiracy you have presented Jim.   Reminds me of a good friend who to this day, doesn't believe and airliner flew into the Pentagon and still believes Pres. Bush arranged the detonation of bombs planted in the twin towers.

Think about it Jim, how many co-spirators would have to be in on this 'plot' to personally profit?    Hundreds, thousands?

I'll eat my words if we have a full disclosure of a crime in a criminal court.   I've been overly generous in my view of people at times, but it's a conscious choice to see the positive in most people.   Good people do bad things, bad people do good things, it's the paradox of our human nature.   I recognize that in my own past and I've found most 'self aware' people will say the same thing.