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| − | '''COINTELPRO''', officially the '''CO'''unter '''INTEL'''ligence '''PRO'''gram, was an attempt by the [[FBI]] to disrupt radical left wing [[Communist]] organizations in the United States.<ref>[https://vault.fbi.gov/cointel-pro FBI Records: The Vault], COINTELPRO</ref> | + | '''COINTELPRO''', officially the '''CO'''unter '''INTEL'''ligence '''PRO'''gram, was an attempt by the [[FBI]] to disrupt [[radical left wing]] [[Communist]] organizations in the United States.<ref>[https://vault.fbi.gov/cointel-pro FBI Records: The Vault], COINTELPRO</ref> |
The existence of COINTELPRO became publicly known when an office in Media, Pennsylvania was broken into by a group called the ''Citizens' Commission to Investigate the FBI''.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=6KC36MHH3j8C&pg=PT86 Outlaws of America: The Weather Underground and the Politics of Solidarity]</ref> | The existence of COINTELPRO became publicly known when an office in Media, Pennsylvania was broken into by a group called the ''Citizens' Commission to Investigate the FBI''.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=6KC36MHH3j8C&pg=PT86 Outlaws of America: The Weather Underground and the Politics of Solidarity]</ref> | ||
Revision as of 05:50, November 15, 2018
COINTELPRO, officially the COunter INTELligence PROgram, was an attempt by the FBI to disrupt radical left wing Communist organizations in the United States.[1]
The existence of COINTELPRO became publicly known when an office in Media, Pennsylvania was broken into by a group called the Citizens' Commission to Investigate the FBI.[2]
Some of the groups targeted include the Weathermen and the Black Panther Party.