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GP is correct, books describing, advocating, even instructing crime in the abstract are almost surely protected speech.

> If you discuss a crime with someone to learn about it, does that count as "conspiracy"?

Replace 'conspiracy' with 'agreement'. Discussing a crime is not a conspiracy. Agreeing with someone to commit the crime is.

Yes conspiracy is covered, now if you act it out… that’s a different story.