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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, '''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>
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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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Some of the groups targeted include the [[Weathermen]] and the [[Black Panther Party]].
 
Some of the groups targeted include the [[Weathermen]] and the [[Black Panther Party]].

Revision as of 18:09, September 6, 2022

COINTELPRO, officially the COunter INTELligence PROgram, COINTELPRO, officially the COunter INTELligence PROgram, was an attempt by the FBI to disrupt radical left wing Communist organizations in the United States.[1]

Some of the groups targeted include the Weathermen and the Black Panther Party.

References

  1. ↑ FBI Records: The Vault, COINTELPRO
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