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Bookmark or Share- COINTELPRO | FBI, Surveillance, Political Activism | BritannicaCOINTELPRO, counterintelligence program conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from 1956 to 1971 to discredit and neutralize organizations considered subversive to U.S. political stability. It was covert and often used extralegal means to criminalize various forms of political.
- FBI Records: The Vault — COINTELPROAll COINTELPRO operations were ended in 1971. Although limited in scope (about two-tenths of one percent of the FBI’s workload over a 15-year period), COINTELPRO was later rightfully criticized...
- COINTELPRO: The True Story Of The FBI's Illegal ProjectsMichael Ochs Archives/Getty Images. One of COINTELPRO's most famous targets was Martin Luther King Jr., whom the FBI repeatedly tried to discredit. According to the Hampton Institute, the FBI surveilled and harassed King in a variety of ways, ranging from wiretapping to anonymous letters urging King to commit suicide.
- COINTELPRO [Counterintelligence Program] (1956-1976) - BlackpastCOINTELPRO was a counterintelligence program run by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from roughly 1956 to 1976. It combined the efforts of the Bureau and local police forces to track, harass, discredit, infiltrate, destroy, and destabilize dissident groups in the United States.
- Lentis/COINTELPRO: The FBI, Civil Rights, and Domestic SurveillanceCOINTELPRO started in 1956 with the goal of stopping the Communist Party's activities. The main driving factor for the start of the program was the Cold War, which made the FBI want to further protect national security from foreign threats. [2] .
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