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COINTELPRO (syllabic abbreviation derived from COunter INTELligence PROgram) (1956 - present) is a series of covert and illegal[1][2] projects conducted by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Aimed at surveilling, infiltrating, discrediting, and disrupting domestic American political organizations.[3][4] FBI records show COINTELPRO resources targeted groups and individuals the FBI deemed subversive,[5] including feminist organizations,[6] the Communist Party USA, anti–Vietnam War organizers, activists of the civil rights movement or Black Power movement (e.g. Martin Luther King Jr., the Nation of Islam, and the Black Panther Party), environmentalist and animal rights organizations, the American Indian Movement (AIM), independence movements (such as Puerto Rican independence groups like the Young Lords), and a variety of organizations that were part of the broader New Left, in combination with unrelated groups such as the Ku Klux Klan (KKK).[7]
References
- ↑ Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans – Church Committee final report: 'I. Introduction and Summary' (1976-04-26) (p. 10). II. United States Senate.
- ↑
- ↑ A break-in to end all break-ins (8 March 2006).
- ↑ The Dangers of Domestic Spying by Federal Law Enforcement (2002). American Civil Liberties Union.
- ↑ The FBI: A History (2008) (p. 189). Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-14284-6
- ↑ The Women's Liberation Movement and COINTELPRO.
- ↑ White Robes and Burning Crosses: A History of the Ku Klux Klan from 1866 (2014) (p. 146). McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-7774-6