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| − | '''COINTELPRO''', officially the '''CO'''unter '''INTEL'''ligence '''PRO'''gram, is an illegal program by the [[FBI]] to subvert and disrupt domestic political organizations in the United States<ref>https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/94755_III.pdf</ref><ref>[https://vault.fbi.gov/cointel-pro FBI Records: The Vault], COINTELPRO</ref> | + | '''COINTELPRO''', officially the '''CO'''unter '''INTEL'''ligence '''PRO'''gram, is an illegal program by the [[FBI]] to subvert and disrupt domestic political organizations in the United States<ref>https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/94755_III.pdf</ref><ref>[https://vault.fbi.gov/cointel-pro FBI Records: The Vault], COINTELPRO</ref> COINTELPRO still exists into the present day. |
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 03:00, November 1, 2021
COINTELPRO, officially the COunter INTELligence PROgram, is an illegal program by the FBI to subvert and disrupt domestic political organizations in the United States[1][2] COINTELPRO still exists into the present day.
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.[3]
Some of the groups targeted include the Weathermen and the Black Panther Party.