The FBI initiated COINTELPRO, an abbreviation for Counterintelligence Program, in 1956 with the aim of undermining the operations of the Communist Party of the United States.

All 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...

Oct 24, 2025 · COINTELPRO, counterintelligence program conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from 1956 to 1971 to discredit and neutralize organizations considered …

Apr 18, 2017 · The FBI established COINTELPRO in the mid-1950s. Over the ensuing two decades, the program would ruin countless American lives and careers.

2 days ago · The FBI’s COINTELPRO program, short for Counter Intelligence Program, represents one of the most controversial chapters in American intelligence history. Established in the late …

This is the first book to chronicle all five of the FBI's operations under its Counterintelligence Program (COINTELPRO), which was conducted from 1956 until its exposure in 1971.

Initiated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in 1956 and officially terminated in 1971, COINTELPRO aimed to surveil, infiltrate, discredit, and disrupt domestic political organizations …

COINTELPRO (an acronym for Counter Intelligence Program) was the official name of the programmatic project conducted by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) …

Oct 1, 2025 · The FBI’s COINTELPRO was a covert weapon aimed directly at Black liberation in the 1960s — a program built to spy on, sabotage, and extinguish the very fire fueling our activism.

The FBI made use of informants, often quite violent and emotionally disturbed individuals, to present false testimony to the courts, to frame COINTELPRO targets for crimes they knew they …