mr hornberger presents some thoughts on the idea of 'conspiracy theorist' in this essay;

Oddly, those people who use the appellation “conspiracy theorist” for people who have concluded, based on the evidence, that the U.S. national-security establishment carried out a very sophisticated and deadly regime-change operation against President Kennedy on November 22, 1963, never apply their appellation to Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Truman.

What’s up with that?

Consider Ike. In his Farewell Address in 1961, he issued a shocking warning to the American people. He said that the “military-industrial complex” posed a grave threat to their liberties and democratic processes..........read more.......