FBI COINTELPRO operations

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United States federal government program counterintelligence program covert operation

FBI COINTELPRO operations were a series of covert and often illegal counterintelligence programs conducted by the FBI to surveil, infiltrate, and disrupt domestic political organizations and activists in the United States.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
COINTELPRO 7
FBI COINTELPRO operations canonical 2
Agents of Repression: The FBI’s Secret Wars Against the Black Panther Party and the American Indian Movement 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal government program ⓘ
counterintelligence program ⓘ
covert operation ⓘ
aimedAt American Indian Movement ⓘ
Black Panther Party ⓘ
Black liberation movements ⓘ
Fred Hampton ⓘ
Ku Klux Klan ⓘ
Malcolm X ⓘ
Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
Nation of Islam ⓘ
New Left ⓘ
surface form: New Left organizations

Puerto Rican independence groups ⓘ
Southern Christian Leadership Conference ⓘ
Stokely Carmichael ⓘ
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ⓘ
anti–Vietnam War activists ⓘ
civil rights organizations ⓘ
communist organizations ⓘ
domestic political organizations ⓘ
socialist organizations ⓘ
conductedBy Federal Bureau of Investigation ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
describedAs covert ⓘ
often illegal ⓘ
endTime 1971 ⓘ
exposedBy Citizens' Commission to Investigate the FBI ⓘ
exposedIn 1971 FBI office burglary in Media, Pennsylvania ⓘ
fullName Counter Intelligence Program ⓘ
investigatedBy Church Committee ⓘ
ledBy J. Edgar Hoover ⓘ
legacy controversy over civil liberties and government surveillance ⓘ
legalOutcome led to reforms in U.S. intelligence oversight ⓘ
objective create internal dissension ⓘ
discredit leaders ⓘ
disrupt political organizations ⓘ
neutralize perceived threats to national security ⓘ
prevent coalition building ⓘ
oversightBody United States Congress ⓘ
shortName FBI COINTELPRO operations self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: COINTELPRO
startTime 1956 ⓘ
usedMethod anonymous letters ⓘ
covert media manipulation ⓘ
disinformation ⓘ
forged documents ⓘ
grand jury subpoenas ⓘ
harassment arrests ⓘ
infiltration ⓘ
mail interception ⓘ
psychological warfare ⓘ
surveillance ⓘ
wiretapping ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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Church Committee → subjectOf → FBI COINTELPRO operations ⓘ
Black Panther Party → opposedBy → FBI COINTELPRO operations ⓘ
this entity surface form: COINTELPRO
FBI COINTELPRO operations → shortName → FBI COINTELPRO operations self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: COINTELPRO
United States Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities → investigatedActivity → FBI COINTELPRO operations ⓘ
this entity surface form: COINTELPRO
Fred Hampton → notableEvent → FBI COINTELPRO operations ⓘ
this entity surface form: FBI COINTELPRO surveillance and targeting
Geronimo Pratt → associatedWith → FBI COINTELPRO operations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Bureau of Investigation COINTELPRO program
Huey → subjectOf → FBI COINTELPRO operations ⓘ
subject surface form: Huey P. Newton
War Against the Panthers: A Study of Repression in America → focusesOn → FBI COINTELPRO operations ⓘ
this entity surface form: COINTELPRO
War Against the Panthers → mainSubject → FBI COINTELPRO operations ⓘ
this entity surface form: COINTELPRO
Judas and the Black Messiah → mainSubject → FBI COINTELPRO operations ⓘ
this entity surface form: COINTELPRO
Assata: An Autobiography → mainSubject → FBI COINTELPRO operations ⓘ
this entity surface form: COINTELPRO
Ward Churchill → notableWork → FBI COINTELPRO operations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Agents of Repression: The FBI’s Secret Wars Against the Black Panther Party and the American Indian Movement