The FBI initiated COINTELPRO, an abbreviation for Counterintelligence Program, in 1956 with the aim of undermining the operations of the Communist Party of … See more

At its inception, the program's main target was the Communist Party.
In an interview with the BBC's Andrew Marr in February 1996, Noam Chomsky—a political activist and MIT professor of linguistics—spoke about the purpose and the targets of … See more

The final report of the Church Committee concluded:
Too many people have been spied upon by too many Government agencies and too much information … See more

• Ralph Abernathy
• Mumia Abu-Jamal
• Muhammad Ali
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The FBI claimed that the purpose behind COINTELPRO was to "expose, disrupt, misdirect, or otherwise neutralize" groups that the FBI officials … See more

According to attorney Brian Glick in his book War at Home, the FBI used five main methods during COINTELPRO:
1. Infiltration: Agents and informers did not merely spy on … See more

While COINTELPRO was officially terminated in April 1971, domestic espionage continued. Between 1972 and 1974, it is documented that the Bureau planted over 500 … See more