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  1. COINTELPRO - Wikipedia

    COINTELPRO (a syllabic abbreviation derived from Counter Intelligence Program) was a series of covert and illegal [1][2][3] projects …

  2. COINTELPRO

    COINTELPRO The FBI began COINTELPRO—short for Counterintelligence Program—in 1956 to disrupt the activities of the …

  3. COINTELPRO | FBI, Surveillance, Political Activism | Britannica

    May 7, 2026 · COINTELPRO, counterintelligence program conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from 1956 to 1971 …

  4. What Was COINTELPRO? Tactics, Targets, and Reforms

    May 28, 2026 · COINTELPRO was the FBI’s secret effort to surveil and undermine political groups — and the reforms it triggered still …

  5. COINTELPRO: The FBI's Secret Program Of Illegal Sabotage And Spying

    Apr 18, 2017 · The FBI established COINTELPRO in the mid-1950s. Over the ensuing two decades, the program would ruin …

  6. COINTELPRO: The FBI's Secret War on American Citizens Explained

    Jun 7, 2026 · COINTELPRO was a secret FBI counterintelligence program designed to neutralize political dissidents and groups …

  7. ‘Discredit, disrupt, and destroy’: FBI records acquired by the Library ...

    Jan 18, 2021 · COINTELPRO operations officially ended in the ’70s, when an FBI office was burglarized and details of the program …

  8. How the FBI’s COINTELPRO Targeted Black Leaders and Movements

    Oct 1, 2025 · The FBI’s COINTELPRO was a covert weapon aimed directly at Black liberation in the 1960s — a program built to spy …

  9. COINTELPRO | History | Research Starters - EBSCO

    COINTELPRO, or Counter Intelligence Program, was a covert initiative initiated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in 1956 …

  10. COINTELPRO: The True Story Of The FBI's Illegal Projects

    Jan 10, 2022 · From 1956 to 1971, the FBI spied on and sabotaged scores of activists and organizations. This is the true story of …