COINTELPRO
Also known as: Counter Intelligence Program
- 1Conducted by the FBI between 1956 and 1971.
- 2Involved covert and illegal methods of operation.
- 3Targeted organizations perceived as subversive.
- 4Utilized tactics of surveillance, infiltration, and disruption.
- 5Aimed to discredit American political parties and organizations.
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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Historical FBI covert counterintelligence program
COINTELPRO was a series of covert and often illegal projects conducted by the FBI to surveil, infiltrate, and disrupt domestic political organizations.
COINTELPRO refers to a series of covert and often illegal projects carried out by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). These operations were active between 1956 and 1971 and were designed to target various domestic groups.
Exchange of information between FBI HQ and FBI Los Angelese, in plans to defame Jean Seberg.Wikimedia Commons; FBI; US Federa Government; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons: Category:COINTELPROExchange of information between FBI HQ and FBI Los Angelese, in plans to defame Jean Seberg.Wikimedia Commons; FBI; US Federa Government; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons: Category:COINTELPROA COINTELPRO document outlining the FBI's plans to 'neutralize' Jean Seberg for her support for the Black Panther PartyWikimedia Commons; Richard W. Held; http://www.pinknoiz.com/images/seberg3.jpg; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons: Category:COINTELPRO The primary objective of these projects was to monitor, infiltrate, and disrupt political parties and organizations that the FBI deemed subversive. Through these activities, the agency sought to discredit and neutralize entities it perceived as threats to the established order during a period of significant social and political tension.