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Operation Cointel: FBI’S Secret Surveilance Program – Late Night in the Midlands June 17, 2015
COINTELPRO was a series of covert, and at times illegal,projects conducted by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) aimed at surveilling, infiltrating, discrediting, and disrupting domestic political organizations.
The FBI has used covert operations against domestic political groups since its inception; however, covert operations under the official COINTELPRO label took place between 1956 and 1971. COINTELPRO tactics have been alleged to include discrediting targets through psychological warfare; smearing individuals and groups using forged documents and by planting false reports in the media; harassment; wrongful imprisonment; and illegal violence, including assassination. The FBI’s stated motivation was “protecting national security, preventing violence, and maintaining the existing social and political order.”
FBI records show that COINTELPRO resources targeted groups and individuals that the FBI deemed “subversive”
