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COINTELPRO

COINTELPRO (a syllabic abbreviation derived from Counter Intelligence Program) 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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Headquarters
J. Edgar Hoover Building Washington, D.C., U.S.
Assistant Director responsible
William C. Sullivan
Director responsible
J. Edgar Hoover
Dissolved
1971 (1971)
Formed
1956 (1956)
Parent agency
Federal Bureau of Investigation

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FBI claimed intent of COINTELPRO

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Illegal surveillance

Later similar operations

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related to history · 35
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related to Later similar operations · 28
COINTELPRO → AIM, American Indian Movement, April, Between, Bronx, Bureau, Committees, Counterterrorism, David Halberstam, Documents, Earth First, Earth Liberation Front, El Salvador, Environmentalist Eric McDavid, FBI, FBI's, Filiberto Ojeda Rios, FOIA, It, More
has method · 21
COINTELPRO → According, Agents, Black Panther Party, Brian Glick, FBI, For, Furthermore, Harassment, Home, Hoover, Illegal, Infiltration, Officers, One, Psychological, The, The FBI, Their, They, Undermine
related to FBI files · 16
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related to Uncovering · 16
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see also · 16
COINTELPRO → ArmyDenial, Canadian, COINTELPROActive, COINTELPROSurveillance, Deep Throat, Frost, GladioOperation MockingbirdPolitical, Government Service, Lee Lew-Lee, NSAMKUltraMississippi State Sovereignty CommissionOperation, People, Power, Pyle, Squad, TatumMark Felt, United StatesPROFUNC
related to Range of targets · 7
COINTELPRO → At, BBC's Andrew Marr, Communist Party, February, In, MIT, Noam Chomsky
related to Lessons · 6
COINTELPRO → Black Freedom Movement, FBI's War, Teaching, Ursula, Wolfe-Rocca, Zinn Education Project
related to FBI claimed intent of COINTELPRO · 5
COINTELPRO → Break, Create, FBI, Restrict, The FBI
Headquarters · 2
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COINTELPROAssistant Director responsibleWilliam C. Sullivan1.00infobox
COINTELPRODirector responsibleJ. Edgar Hoover1.00infobox
COINTELPRODissolved1971 (1971)1.00infobox
COINTELPROFormed1956 (1956)1.00infobox
COINTELPROHeadquartersJ. Edgar Hoover Building Washington, D.C., U.S.1.00infobox
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COINTELPROParent agencyFederal Bureau of Investigation1.00infobox
Students for a Democratic Societyinstance ofstudent organizations0.80text
the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvadorinstance ofcritics have claimed that agency programs in the spirit of COINTELPRO targeted groups0.80text
the American Indian Movementinstance ofcritics have claimed that agency programs in the spirit of COINTELPRO targeted groups0.80text
Earth Firstinstance ofcritics have claimed that agency programs in the spirit of COINTELPRO targeted groups0.80text
COINTELPROhas methodAccording0.60section

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