[4] The book opens with a quote from Albert Einstein that reads "A foolish faith in authority is the worst enemy of truth".
[5] Ventura argues that events such as the assassinations of former U.S. Presidents Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy, the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X and Robert F. Kennedy, the Watergate scandal, the Jonestown Massacre, the elections of former U.S. President George W. Bush, and the financial crisis of 2007–2010 need to be more thoroughly investigated,[6] and discusses an alleged cover-up of events and information related to the September 11 attacks.
[9][10] In the book, which is in part based on the TV series Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura,[11] Ventura also claims that a CIA operative worked in Minnesota government during his administration, that he was interviewed by a large group of CIA agents about his successful independent campaign for governor of Minnesota, and that the CIA used double agents that deliberately let themselves get caught at the Watergate complex to bring former U.S. President Richard Nixon down.
[14] The Center for Inquiry's Benjamin Radford criticized the lack of "logic and critical thinking" in Ventura's analysis, pointing out that many of his conspiracy discussions did not address the simple and more well known facts, creating a "false-choice logical fallacy" where the only options given are the "official" one or the claim that the events were entirely a conspiracy.
[15] OnTheIssues editor in chief Jesse Gordon praised the book, saying it was "a worthwhile read for any American who wants to proudly wear the title of 'citizen'".