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During the 1960s, subversion remained a central focus of Bureau efforts. The counter-cultural revolution turned the Bureau's attention towards violent student movements, as criminal groups like the [[Weather Underground]] and the [[Black Panthers]].  The Bureau responded to the threat of [[subversion]] with Counterintelligence Programs such as [[COINTELPRO]], first against the Communist Party (1956) and then later against other violent/subversive groups like the Black Panthers and the Ku Klux Klan (1960's). These programs resulted in the Bureau, at times, effectively stepping out of its proper role as a law enforcement agency.  [[Attorney General]] [[Robert Kennedy]] authorized the FBI to wiretap civil rights leader [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]]'s phone to pry into his personal life; this was later expanded during [[Lyndon B. Johnson]]'s presidency to [[blackmail]] King.<ref>[http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=16500 Why Martin Luther King Was Republican, Human Events, August 16, 2006]</ref><ref>Herst, Burton (2007). ''Bobby and J. Edger''. pp. 372–74</ref>  

During the 1960s, subversion remained a central focus of Bureau efforts. The counter-cultural revolution turned the Bureau's attention towards violent student movements, as criminal groups like the [[Weather Underground]] and the [[Black Panthers]].  The Bureau responded to the threat of [[subversion]] with Counterintelligence Programs such as [[COINTELPRO]], first against the Communist Party (1956) and then later against other violent/subversive groups like the Black Panthers and the Ku Klux Klan (1960's). These programs resulted in the Bureau, at times, effectively stepping out of its proper role as a law enforcement agency.  [[Attorney General]] [[Robert Kennedy]] authorized the FBI to wiretap civil rights leader [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]]'s phone to pry into his personal life; this was later expanded during [[Lyndon B. Johnson]]'s presidency to [[blackmail]] King.<ref>[http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=16500 Why Martin Luther King Was Republican, Human Events, August 16, 2006]</ref><ref>Herst, Burton (2007). ''Bobby and J. Edger''. pp. 372–74</ref>  

   

   

During the 1970s, Bureau actions, which were publicly revealed through a strengthened Freedom of Information Act (1966, amended in 1974), resulted in congressional investigations like the Church Committee and the Pike Committee hearings in 1975. In response to criticisms emerging from these revelations, the Bureau worked with Attorney General Levi to develop guidelines for its domestic counterintelligence investigations.

During the 1970s, Bureau actions, which were publicly revealed through a strengthened Freedom of Information Act (1966, amended in 1974), resulted in congressional investigations like the [[Church Committee]] and the Pike Committee hearings in 1975. In response to criticisms emerging from these revelations, the Bureau worked with Attorney General Levi to develop guidelines for its domestic counterintelligence investigations.

===After Hoover===  

===After Hoover===