COINTELPRO
Also known as: Counter Intelligence Program
COINTELPRO was a series of covert projects conducted between 1956 and 1971 by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) aimed at surveilling, infiltrating, discrediting, and disrupting American political parties and organizations that the FBI perceived as subversive.
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Controversial series of covert FBI operations
COINTELPRO represents a significant historical period of FBI activity involving surveillance and disruption of domestic political organizations, which led to major reforms.