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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>  
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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>
  
 
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>
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Latest revision as of 21:42, July 16, 2024

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.

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